花

• 読み: はな
• ローマ字: hana
• 漢字の分解: 花 (ka/hana) — flower, blossom
• 発音: /ha.na/

意味

Flower; blossom; bloom. One of the most culturally significant words in Japanese.

Used for flowers in general as well as specifically for cherry blossoms in traditional contexts. Hanami (花見, flower viewing) is a major spring tradition. At N5 level this is a foundational nature vocabulary word that appears in many common expressions and compound words.

例文

1. 庭に花がたくさん咲いています。
2. 母の日に花をあげました。
3. あの花の名前を知っていますか。

使い方ガイド

場面: nature, gifts, seasons, home decor

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 花 is derived from a pictograph of a plant with blossoms. The character combines the radical 艹 (grass/plant) with 化 (change), suggesting the transformation of a plant into bloom.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal