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The character "花" for flower originated from the earlier character "華", which also conveyed the sense of blossom, and it was created as a phono-semantic compound with the grass radical "艹" denoting plant life and the component "化" primarily supplying phonetic value. Initially representing the floral part of a plant, its semantic range broadened to encompass anything resembling a flower, such as ornamental designs or fireworks, and it further acquired the verbal meaning "to spend", deriving from the concept of dispersion analogous to scattered petals.
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这些花很美丽。
她每天浇花。
我花了一点钱。
桌子上有一盆花。
他花钱买了很多书。
春天来了，花儿都开了。
他花了很多时间学习中文。
虽然这朵花很小，但它的香味很浓。