懂中文 Dong Chinese

划

huá, huà

row, paddle

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 戈 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese 划 is also used to mean "cut, delimit, draw", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 劃.

Components
戈 sound component

戈  Sound component

gē

  

spear

刂 meaning component

刂  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

划 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
划 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
划 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
划 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

划  

huá

to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)

划 (劃) 

huà

divide, mark off, lay boundary; to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character

划 (劃) 

huá

to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)

Most common words with 划
Freq.
Word
Meaning

计划

plan

规划

planning

划

to delimit

策划

to plot

划分

to divide up