开花
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
开花 (kāihuā) · to bloom
开花 (kāihuā) means “to bloom; to blossom”. It is written with 2 characters: 开 (to open) + 花 (flower). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 开花 is built
The characters
开 kāi · to open
What 开 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 廾gǒng — two hands
Origin hint: Simplified form of 開; hands 廾 lifting the latch 一 of a door (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
花 huā · flower
What 花 is made of
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 化huà — to change
- 亻rén — person
- 匕bǐ — spoon
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: A flower 艹 in bloom 化; 化 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
春天到了，树都开花了。Chūntiān dào le, shù dōu kāihuā le.Spring is here, and the trees are all in bloom.
这棵树什么时候开花？Zhè kē shù shénme shíhou kāihuā?When does this tree blossom?
Questions about 开花
What does 开花 mean?
开花 (kāihuā) means “to bloom; to blossom”.
How do you pronounce 开花?
开花 is pronounced kāihuā.
Which HSK level is 开花?
开花 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 打开dǎkāito open
- 开车kāichēto drive
- 开会kāihuìto have a meeting
- 开玩笑kāiwánxiàoto joke
- 分开fēnkāito separate
- 开机kāijīto turn on (a phone, computer etc.)
- 开心kāixīnhappy
- 开学kāixuéschool starts
- 离开líkāito leave
- 走开zǒukāito go away
Learn 开花 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 31: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.