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画

Traditional: 畫

huà

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huà · waak6 (Jyutping)

  1. to draw; to paint
  2. picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
  3. to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
  4. stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
  5. (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

画

Meaning
a painting, picture, drawing; to draw
Radical
田
Strokes
8
Components
⿱一⿶凵田
Cangjie
MUW
Four-corner
1077.2

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