huà

to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划)

Radical: 田 HSK 2 n, v, q ideographic

Components & Etymology

画 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 画

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 画.

书画
shū huà
painting and calligraphy
乱画
luàn huà
企画
qǐ huà
作画
zuò huà
to paint
刻画
kè huà
to portray
动画
dòng huà
animation
勾画
gōu huà
blueprinted
区画
qū huà
subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
名画
míng huà
famous painting
国画
guó huà
national painting
图画
tú huà
drawing
壁画
bì huà
mural (painting)

Related characters (radical 田)

Characters that share the radical .

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