Flowering Branch Meaning: Like a flower branch swinging in the wind. It describes women who are beautifully dressed.

Pinyin of Flowering Branches: huā zhī zhāo zhǎn.

Origin: Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong, "Waking up to the World": "The fluffy steps are lightly moved, as if they were floral branches swaying." Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹), "Dream of the Red Chamber" (红楼梦)第三十九回："Lou Lou Lou went in, and saw that the room was full of beads and cui-wreaths and flowery branches, and she didn't know who they all belonged to."

Proximate meaning: like flowers like brocade, beautiful flowers, flowery clusters, thickly made-up, thickly decorated.

Antonym: simple and generous.

Stroke order of Flower Branch:

Total strokes of Flower: 7 strokes. 1.一(横), 2.丨(vertical), 3.丨(vertical), 4.ノ(撇), 5.丨(vertical), 6.ノ(撇), and 7.乚(vertical curved hook).

Total strokes of the branch: 8. 1.一(横), 2.丨(竖), 3.ノ(撇), 4.丶(点), 5.一(横), 6.丨(竖), 7.乛(横撇／横钩), 8.?(捺). （鈪糽 (鈪糽).

Total strokes of the move: 8. 1.一 (horizontal), 2. 鈪 (vertical hook), 3.? (lift), 4. (horizontal hook), 5.ノ (撇), 6.丨 (竖), 7.? (horizontal fold), 8.一 (horizontal).

Total strokes of Zhan: 10 strokes. 1.? (horizontal fold), 2.一(横折), 3.ノ(撇), 4.一(横), 5.丨(vertical), 6.丨(vertical), 7.一(橫), 8.し(vertical提), 9.ノ(撇), 10.? (down).