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莲花 (lián huā): meaning and stroke order

莲花 (lián huā) means lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others), water-lily.

莲花

Simplified
莲花
Traditional
蓮花
Pinyin
lián huā

Stroke order of 莲花

莲

  • lián lotus
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 蓮

Stroke by stroke

花

  • Huā surname Hua
  • huā flower; blossom
  • huā old variant of 花[hua1]
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 芲

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 莲花

  1. lián huā Traditional 蓮花
    • lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)
    • water-lily

Radicals of the characters

莲
Radical 艸 (Kangxi radical 140) · 10 strokes · 艹 on top, 连 below
花
Radical 艸 (Kangxi radical 140) · 8 strokes · 艹 on top, 化 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

莲花 in our stories

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  • 他的师父太乙真人心疼这个徒弟，用莲花做身体，用莲藕做骨头，把他的魂魄放了进去。

    tā de shīfu Tàiyǐ Zhēnrén xīnténg zhè gè túdì yòng liánhuā zuò shēntǐ yòng lián'ǒu zuò gǔtou bǎ tā de húnpò fàng le jìnqu

    His teacher, Master Taiyi, grieved for his disciple; he made a body from lotus flowers and bones from lotus root, and put Nezha's soul inside.

    From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 莲花

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).