Chinese Character 画 Meanings and components.

Form

画

Meaning

画 meaning[3] in English

To Draw.

Picture.

Painting.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 画 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are one (一) , to follow (由) , and receptacle (凵)

Its radical[1] is: 田 (tian2) which means: Surname Tian, .田tian2surname Tian

In cangjie it is written with MUW

How to write 画

To write画hua4to draw you should write a combination of 一yi1one 由you2to follow , 凵qian3receptacle arranged in a 吕 shape:

一 + 由 + 凵 = 画

画 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 画 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 画, looks as follow:

画
Pinyin:hua4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Draw . Picture . Painting . Cl:幅[Fu2],張|张[Zhang1] . Classifier For Paintings Etc . Variant Of 劃|划[Hua4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
由
Pinyin:you2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Follow . From . Because Of . Due To . By . Via . Through . (Before A Noun And A Verb) It Is For ... To ...
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
凵
Pinyin:qian3
Meaning[3]: Receptacle

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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