划

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character

Sound it out + + = · + + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Components 戈刂

scratch · Heisig RSH #363

fiesta + saber

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
划一不二	huà yī bù èr	fixed; unalterable
市场划分	shì chǎng huà fēn	market segmentation
行政区划图	xíng zhèng qū huà tú	political map
国家计划委员会	Guó jiā Jì huà Wěi yuán huì	PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Pl…
行政区划	xíng zhèng qū huà	administrative subdivision
行动计划	xíng dòng jì huà	action plan
国家发展计划委员会	Guó jiā Fā zhǎn Jì huà Wěi yuán huì	PRC State Development and Planning Committee, set up 1998 to replace State Planning Commit…
阿波罗计划	Ā bō luó jì huà	the Apollo project (1961-1975), the NASA moon landing project
太阳神计划	tài yáng shén jì huà	the Apollo project
土地利用规划	tǔ dì lì yòng guī huà	land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
划不来	huá bu lái	not worth it
比手划脚	bǐ shǒu huà jiǎo	to gesticulate; to make lively gestures (while talking); also written 比手畫腳\|比手画脚
下划线	xià huà xiàn	underscore _; underline
划重点	huà zhòng diǎn	to highlight or underline an important point
指手划脚	zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo	variant of 指手畫腳\|指手画脚[zhi3 shou3 hua4 jiao3]
划得来	huá de lái	worth it; it pays to
划时代	huà shí dài	epoch-marking
商业计划	shāng yè jì huà	business plan
人类基因组计划	rén lèi jī yīn zǔ jì huà	Human Genome Project
划线板	huà xiàn bǎn	ruler (used for drawing lines)