画
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to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 田 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 画
- Common rank
- #636
- Unicode
- U+753B
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Formation & memory
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Words with 画
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山水画 | landscape painting | |
| 中国画 | Chinese painting | |
| 行政区画 | administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) | |
| 名画家 | famous painter | |
| 年画儿 | erhua variant of 年畫|年画[nian2 hua4] | |
| 下画线 | underline | |
| 书画家 | calligrapher and painter | |
| 比手画脚 | variant of 比手劃腳|比手划脚[bi3 shou3 hua4 jiao3] | |
| 画外音 | voice-over; background narration | |
| 单色画 | monochrome picture; black and white picture | |
| 指手画脚 | to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or gi… | |
| 区画 | subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) | |
| 国画 | traditional Chinese painting | |
| 动画片 | animated film | |
| 计算机动画 | computer animation | |
| 画儿 | picture; drawing; painting | |
| 画家 | painter; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 洋画儿 | children's game played with illustrated cards; pogs; menko (Japan) | |
| 动画 | animation; cartoon | |
| 画面 | scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; … |