Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/华(華)-huá-China,-Huà-Hua-(as-a-surname)

华(華) huá China, Huà Hua (as a surname) - Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical of the simplified form is 十 shí “ten”. Phonetic of the simplified form is 化 huà “change”. Radical of the traditional form is 艸 căo “grass” (as an independent word this is written 草). When it occurs as a radical at the top of a character, the “grass” radical is written as 艹 and is then known as 草字头 (草 字頭) căozìtóu “top made up of the character 草.” Distinguish simplified 华 from 化 and 花 huā.

Examples

• 华 (華) Huà Hua [SN] (Note the tone here is Tone Four.)
• 华人 (華人) Huárén Chinese person; Chinese people [N]
• 中华人民共和国 Zhōnghuá Rénmín People’s Republic of China [PW] (中華人民共和國) Gònghéguó
• 中华民国 (中華民國) Zhōnghuá Mínguó Republic of China (official name of Taiwan, and from 1912–49 the name for all of China) [PW]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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