How do you write hua in Chinese?

It depends which hua you mean. flower, to spend, patterned is 花 (huā), words, speech, talk, language is 话 (huà), to draw, a painting, a stroke is 画 (huà). Pick the character by the tone and the meaning you intend.

hua appears in 2 different tones depending on the character, which is why the tone mark matters: huā (花), huà (话), huà (画), huà (化).

Pinyin · 拼音 pīnyīn

hua

Q: What Chinese characters are pronounced hua?

4 characters on this site are read hua: 花 (huā, flower, to spend, patterned); 话 (huà, words, speech, talk, language); 画 (huà, to draw, a painting, a stroke); 化 (huà, to change, to transform, to melt). The tone mark and meaning tell them apart.

Every character on Jiǎoluò Shūwū read as hua in any tone — 4 readings total across the four tones. Pick the tone you mean.

一 huā 1st · high level 1 reading

二 huá 2nd · rising no entries yet

三 huǎ 3rd · low / dipping no entries yet

四 huà 4th · falling 3 readings

If you have the sound hua but not the character, here are the 4 characters read this way: 花 (huā, flower, to spend, patterned), 话 (huà, words, speech, talk, language), 画 (huà, to draw, a painting, a stroke), 化 (huà, to change, to transform, to melt). They split across 2 tones, so the tone is what separates them.

huā tone 1 · high level 1 reading

花 huā HSK 1

flower, to spend, patterned

huà tone 4 · falling 3 readings

话 huà HSK 1

words, speech, talk, language

画 huà HSK 2

to draw, a painting, a stroke

化 huà HSK 3

to change, to transform, to melt

复合词 fùhécí Words and phrases containing hua

的话 de huà if; in the case that 画蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú Drawing Legs on a Snake 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Mandarin Chinese 山水画 shānshuǐhuà Chinese Landscape Painting 文化 wénhuà culture; civilization 中国画 zhōng guó huà Chinese painting