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 <WL>华(F華) [huá] glory/magnificence; (中華) China  [huà] (姓); (山名) 华山  [huā] flower (花)@@  [kuā] cf. 華
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-The Shuōwén Seal form of 華(􁃚𦾓) huā/huá ‘flowering’ adds 艹/艸 ‘grass/plant’ on top of 𠌶(􁃗) fū/xū ‘flowering’ (phonosemantic), cf. 𠌶. In the modern Full form 華 the lower component is abbreviated to look like 𠦒󰀄; and in the modern Simple form 华 the top is abbreviated to look like 化 huà (phonetic), while the bottom 十 stays the same (short for the old 亏/丂 sub-phonetic component).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 華(􁃚𦾓) huā/huá ‘flower/flowering’ (花/华) puts 艹(艸) ‘grass/plant’ on top of 𠌶(􁃗) fū/xū ‘flower’ (phonosemantic), cf. 𠌶.
+	In the modern full form 華 the lower component 𠌶 is abbrev. to look like 𠦒󰀄, while the bottom 十 is short for the old 丂/亏(􀵀) sub-component (cf. 于 yú).
+	In the modern simple form 华 the top is abbreviated to look like 化(􁙔) huà (phonetic), while the bottom 十 is as in 華.
 	“Etymologically the same word as 花; analysis of character uncertain, perhaps simply a picture of a luxuriant tree” —Karlgren(1923).
 	Compare: 毕/畢(􀪲𤲃) bì ‘finish’.
 #rW.13f K.AD94 D.1.60.17 L.59 B.030.1.04 WHY...43 E.0
-#c化十𠂹
+#c化十𠂹
 #y wah\
 #0
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