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桦
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birch

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Plants →Trees
huà
カ
かば、かんば
화
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 華 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (樺)
木 tree+ 華 splendor =
樺 birch
木 Meaning component
mù tree
華 Phonetic component
splendor
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Simplified (桦)
木 tree+ 华 flowery =
桦 type of birch
木 Meaning component
mù tree
华 Phonetic component
huá flowery
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Notes
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Chinese
桦 / 樺 [huà]
birch tree; Betula japonica
Japanese
樺 、 桜皮 かば 、 かんば 、 かにわ (old) 、 カバ 同音
noun usually kana birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
樺 かば
Kaba surname
樺 かんば
Kanba surname
CHINESE WORDS (9)
桦树 [huà​shù] #42,250
birch
桦木 [huà​mù] #59,215
birch
桦甸市 [Huà​diàn​shì] #60,101
Huadian county level city in Jilin prefecture 吉林, Jilin province
桦甸 [Huà​diàn] #60,614
Huadian county level city in Jilin prefecture 吉林, Jilin province
桦南县 [Huà​nán​xiàn] #64,108
Huanan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[Jiā​mù​sī], Heilongjiang
桦川县 [Huà​chuān​xiàn] #64,711
Huachuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[Jiā​mù​sī], Heilongjiang
桦南 [Huà​nán] #66,554
Huanan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[Jiā​mù​sī], Heilongjiang
桦川 [Huà​chuān] #66,868
Huachuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[Jiā​mù​sī], Heilongjiang
桦木科 [huà​mù​kē]
Betulaceae (broadleaf tree family including birch and alder)
JAPANESE WORDS (22)
⭐ 白樺 [しらかば] #41,956
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
樺 [かば] #57,518
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
樺太 [からふと] #60,553
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
樺色 [かばいろ] #113,651
reddish yellow
樺の木 [かばのき] #114,872
birch tree (esp. the Japanese white birch, Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
岳樺 [だけかんば] #158,378
Erman's birch (Betula ermanii)
樺太犬 [からふとけん] #171,945
Sakhalin husky (dog breed)
桜皮細工 [かばざいく] #187,670
cherry bark work
カバノキ科 [カバノキか] #223,938
Betulaceae (birch family)
樺桜 [かばざくら] #289,161
ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry
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