Chinese Character 畫 Meanings and components.

Form

畫

Meaning

畫 meaning[3] in English

To Draw.

Picture.

Painting.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 畫 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are (arch. introductory particle) (聿) , surname Tian (田) , and one (一)

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

In cangjie it is written with LGWM

How to write 畫

To write畫hua4to draw you should write a combination of 聿yu4(arch. introductory … , 田tian2surname Tian 一yi1one arranged in a 吕 shape:

聿 + 田 + 一 = 畫

畫 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

畫
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]
聿
Pinyin:yu4
Meaning[3]: (Arch. Introductory Particle) . Then . And Then
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
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

Notes

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

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

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