Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Hua Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 271, Entry 22 Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hua (falling tone), same pronunciation as birch tree (hua). The name of a woman. Another interpretation refers to a woman with a handsome and beautiful appearance. The meaning is the same as the character for flowery or magnificent (hua).