TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
華
華 ＝ 艸 ＋ 𠌶
ㄏㄨㄚˊ · huá
noun/adj — flower, bloom; splendid; China
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艸義grass — two plants, the grass-head
𠌶形a flower hanging in full bloomthe bottom under 艸 — a worn picture of a drooping blossom, no longer readable in the modern glyph
A plant (艸) over 𠌶, a blossom weighed down in full bloom: the flower. From a tree heavy with flowers came everything bright and best — 華麗 splendid, 精華 the essence, 中華 the flowering land.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一株草（艸）開到滿，花重得垂下來（𠌶）——整棵都是花。
A plant (艸) blooming to its limit, the blossoms so heavy they droop (𠌶) — all of it flower.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)花、開花— flower, to bloom
→華麗、華美— splendid, ornate常用
⇒精華、菁華— the essence, the best part
⇒中華、華人— China; the Chinese — the flowering land
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension