Learn 花
flower
Recognize 花, know its sound, and learn one way to use it.
When you’re ready, mark this character as completed at the end of the lesson.
One Crooked Stem
1 min illustrated story · A little help remembering 花
Alex entered the flower shop planning to buy a large bunch for his table. Tall flowers filled silver buckets by the door. Lin held back a loose leaf while he tried to see all the colours at once.
Near the counter, one small yellow flower leaned sideways on a curved stem. Alex bent down to look at it.
“Does that one need something to hold it straight?” he asked.
The florist turned the bucket gently.
“It grew that way.”
Alex pictured the old glass bottle on his kitchen shelf. A large bunch would never fit through its narrow neck. This single stem might.
He asked for the little flower. The florist wrapped the lower stem in damp paper, leaving the curved top free.
At home, Alex filled the clean bottle with water and lowered the stem into it. Lin moved a bowl to make room.
The yellow flower leaned over the edge of the table.
Alex moved the bottle back a little. Now it had room to lean.
One way to use 花.
花 means flower or blossom in this lesson. 花店 means flower shop. Other meanings of 花 are outside this story; no symbolic meaning or cultural rule is claimed for the chosen flower.
Can you recognize it?
Which character means flower?
Make 花 part of your Hanzi.
Choose Mark as completed below to save this character to your completed list.
Explore more Hanzi →