Where does “華” come from?

華 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese はな, from Proto-Ryukyuan *pana, from Proto-Japonic *pana — flower.

華 (Japanese): flashiness, showiness

Definitions

  1. flashiness, showiness

Ancestry of “華”, step by step

華 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese はな

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseはな—
2Proto-Ryukyuan*panaflower
3Proto-Japonic*panaflower

via Middle Chinese 華

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese華—

Words derived from “華”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *pana →Every word from Proto-Ryukyuan *pana →Every word from Old Japanese はな →