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Pronunciation: huā
Meaning: flower/blossom, flowery/florid, to spend/expend
Etymology:
Plant 艸 (simplified to 艹) + change 化 (also phonetic). (associative/phono-semantic compound).

Traditional character: 花 (roughly the same, difference in stroke count)

Found in:
Cheng Hao's 春日偶成
Du Fu's 春望
Li Bai's 赠汪伦
Li ShangYin's 无题
Zhao ShiXiu's 约客

Word of the day on: 04.17.08

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