花 (Flower) Kanji Discussion

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花 - Flower



A human with a spoon digs out a hole in the ground, then plants a flower. This is how flowers are born in the modern age.

Grade: 1
Strokes: 7
JLPT Level: N4
Readings: カ, はな

The decomposition for this kanji ignores the fact that 化 is its own character (all the other characters that include 化 reference it as a compound kanji). I understand wanting to introduce this kanji earlier but it’s unfortunate that the connection isn’t made, especially since 化 contributes the reading here.

More generally, it would be nice if uchisen highlighted the compound kanji that provides the reading, e.g. similar to the way this is called out in 花 - Kanjisense.