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花 flower

Meaningflower
Onカ、ケ
Kunはな
Strokes7
First metN5 lesson 16, in 花

Stroke order

Words

WordReadingMeaningLevel
花はなflowerN5
生け花いけばなflower arrangementN4
花形活字はながたかつじprinter's ornament (fleuron)N3
花鰹はながつおbroad-flaked bonito shavingsN1
開花かいかunfolding of petals, blossomingN1
菊花造りきっかづくりchrysanthemum flower sashimi arrangementN1
茶花ちゃばなhumble wild seasonal tea flowersN1
錦上花を添えるきんじょうはなをそえるadding splendid luster to what is already fineN1
火花ひばなshowering sparks thrown up by dropping fatN1

Examples

刃(は)面(めん)に対(たい)して節(ふし)を均一(きんいつ)な力(ちから)で押(お)し当(あ)て、向(む)こう側(がわ)が完全(かんぜん)に透過(とうか)して見(み)えるほど薄(うす)く、幅広(はばひろ)の花鰹(はながつお)を連続(れんぞく)して削(けず)り出(だ)すのだ。この熟練(じゅくれん)の技(わざ)があって初(はじ)めて、熱湯(ねっとう)に投(とう)じた瞬間(しゅんかん)に芳醇(ほうじゅん)な芳香(ほうこう)が立(た)ち昇(のぼ)り、核酸(かくさん)系(けい)旨味(うまみ)のイノシン酸(さん)が一気(いっき)に抽出(ちゅうしゅつ)されるのだぞ!

Press the block against the blade face with even force, and shave one wide flake after another, so thin you can see right through it. Only with that practiced skill does a rich aroma rise the moment it's dropped into boiling water, and the nucleotide umami, inosinic acid, is drawn out all at once! (N1 lesson 156)