鲜花
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
鲜花 (xiānhuā) · fresh flowers
鲜花 (xiānhuā) means “fresh flowers; flowers”. It is written with 2 characters: 鲜 (fresh) + 花 (flower). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 鲜花 is built
The characters
鲜 xiān · fresh
What 鲜 is made of
- 鱼yú — fish
- ⺈ — top shape
- 田tián — field
- 冂 — frame
- 土tǔ — earth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 羊yáng — sheep
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 丷ha — kwukyel
Origin hint: 鱼 gives the meaning, 羊 gives the sound. (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
妈妈买了一束鲜花。Māma mǎi le yī shù xiānhuā.Mom bought a bunch of fresh flowers.
桌子上的鲜花真漂亮！Zhuōzi shang de xiānhuā zhēn piàoliang!The flowers on the table are so pretty!
Questions about 鲜花
What does 鲜花 mean?
鲜花 (xiānhuā) means “fresh flowers; flowers”.
How do you pronounce 鲜花?
鲜花 is pronounced xiānhuā.
Which HSK level is 鲜花?
鲜花 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 海鲜hǎixiānseafood
- 鲜明xiānmíngbright (colors)
- 新鲜xīnxiānfresh
- 鲜艳xiānyànbright
- 鲜xiānfresh
- 花园huāyuángarden
- 开花kāihuāto bloom
- 花生huāshēngpeanut
- 花瓣huābànpetal
- 花蕾huālěiflower bud
Learn 鲜花 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 91: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.