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hwatu.

Hanafuda playing cards, especially hard plastic cards in a Korean style.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfwɑːtu//ˈhwɑːtu//ˈwɑːtu/
  1. Hanafuda playing cards, especially hard plastic cards in a Korean style.

    uncountable · usually
  2. Any game played using those cards, most commonly go-stop.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Korean 화투 (hwatu), a Sino-Korean word from 花 (“flower”) + 鬪 (“fight”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.