Dong Chinese dictionary

huà, huá

cut, delimit, draw

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 畫 represents the sound.

Components

huà

a painting

刂 Meaning component

dāo

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

huà

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

huá

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

Most common words with 劃

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