hwatu
/ˈfwɑːtu/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "One of the most visible Korean amusements, on the other hand, is hwatu, or playing cards."
- "The most popular pastime game in Korea is called Hwatu. People play hwatu cards almost anywhere there is a gathering."
- "The deck or Hwatu, is divided into twelve suits with four cards per suit. Each suit is decorated with a different flower or tree."
- "Halmoni loved to smoke, drink, and gamble, and especially loved partaking in all three around a deck of hwatu. Hwatu are small hard plastic cards roughly the size of a matchbook. The backs are a solid, brilliant red, and the faces are decorated with colorful illustrations of animals, flowers, and leaves."
- "Mother came and the four of us sat in a circle and played hwatu."
- "In Korea we used to play Hwatu, which means, literally, “the battle of the flowers”, but there were also other games such as Koi-Koi and Go-Stop."