How to write 画

Animated Stroke Order of 画

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Stroke by Stroke: 画 Writing Order

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Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "画"

Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 画

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of "画"

Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 画

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Meaning of 画

Pinyin huà

Radical

田

Strokes

Definition

draw / picture / painting

Usage

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画 huà [Verb] 1. 绘图 (draw; paint) 2. 图像 (image) 3. 写，签押，署名 (write; sign) 4. 用手、脚或器具做出某种动作 (gesticulate) 5. 字的一笔称一画 (a stroke of a character) 6. 同“划” (same as "划") 1. 绘图：绘～。～图。～像。～地为牢。～脂镂冰（在凝固的油脂或冰上绘画雕刻，一融化就都没有了，喻劳而无功）。 (Drawing: to draw. Drawing a picture. *(Phrase) The drawing of the land is done firmly.* Draw on oils or ice—like painting or carving into solidified oils or ice, disappearing with melting, used metaphorically as labor without result.) 2. 图像：～面。～片。～坛。～板。～卷（① 成卷轴形的画；② 喻壮丽的景色或动人的场面）。（Image: surface; piece; stand; board; scroll (1) A painting in the shape of a scroll; (2) Used metaphorically for magnificent scenery or touching scenes.) 3. 写，签押，署名：～到。～卯。～押。～供。 (Write; sign: write onto. Sign in. Sign a pressing document. Sign a supply.) 4. 用手、脚或器具做出某种动作：比～。指手～脚。(Using hands, feet, or tools to perform an action: gesture. Pointing gestures.) 5. 字的一笔称一画：笔～。 (A stroke of a character: a stroke of the pen.) 6. 同“划”。 (Same as "划".) 画 huà [Verb] 【本义】:划分，划分界线 (Original meaning: to divide, to draw boundaries) 【造字法】:会意兼指事。金文。上面是“聿”，象以手执笔的样子，是“笔”的本字;下面象画出的田界。整个字形，象人持笔画田界之形。 (Composition method: a combination of ideogram and something that points to the fact. In ancient bronze script: the upper part represents "聿", looking like a hand holding a pen, the base character for "pen"; the lower part resembles the drawn land boundaries. The overall shape signifies a person holding a pen to draw the land boundaries.) 1. 同本义 ([En.] divide) 3. 绘画;作画 ([En.] draw; paint) 4. 用画装饰的或以图案等装饰的 ([En.] be decorated with paintings or pictures) 5. 签署;签押 ([En.] sign) 6. 书写文字。亦特指写出带有标记性的文字 ([En.] write) 7. 比画 ([En.] gesticulate) 8. 截止;停止 ([En.] stop) 9. 谋划;策划 ([En.] plan; plot) 10. 通“化”。教化 ([En.] educate) 11. 横划过去 ([En.] a horizontal stroke) 画 huà [Noun] 1. 成品画 ([En.] drawing; painting; picture) 2. 计策;计谋 ([En.] plot; plan) 3. 一个不中断、不停顿的挥笔动作 ([En.] stroke) 4. 书法的横笔 ([En.] horizontal stroke in a Chinese character) 5. 皱纹;纹缕 ([En.] veins; lines) 1. 成品画 ([En.] final products or artwork) 如：画本(泛指画册);画卷(裱后带轴的长幅图画) (For example: sketchbooks; long paintings mounted on scrolls.) 2. 计策;计谋 ([En.] strategy; scheme) 例：如：后乃谋臣献画，而离削自守矣。 (For instance: The advisor then proposed a strategy while removing inhibitions.) 3. 一个不中断、不停顿的挥笔动作 ([En.] continuous stroke) 例如：“人”字有两画 (For example: The character "人" consists of two strokes.) 4. 书法的横笔 ([En.] horizontal stroke in calligraphy) 例如：如:他姓王，三画王 (For instance: His surname is Wang, which has three strokes.) 5. 皱纹;纹缕 ([En.] textures; lines) 例如：如:画石(有纹理的石头) (For example: patterned stones.)

壁画 bì huà

mural (painting) / fresco

图画 tú huà

drawing / picture

画坛 huà tán

painting world / painting circles

水墨画 shuǐ mò huà

ink and wash painting

画卷 huà juǎn

picture scroll

勾画 gōu huà

to sketch out / to delineate

画匠 huà jiàng

artisan-painter

画家 huà jiā

painter / CL:個|个[ge4]

画展 huà zhǎn

art exhibition

岩画 yán huà

rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks

崖壁画 yá bì huà

Cliff Painting

镶嵌画 xiāng qiàn huà

mosaic / inlay work / inlaid picture

帛画 bó huà

painting on silk

画廊 huà láng

gallery

彩画 cǎi huà

color painting

刻画 kè huà

to portray

画押 huà yā

to sign / to make one's mark

描画 miáo huà

to draw / to describe

描眉画眼 miáo méi huà yǎn

Draw eyebrows

画册 huà cè

picture album

擘画 bò huà

variant of 擘劃|擘划[bo4 hua4]

雕梁画栋 diāo liáng huà dòng

richly ornamented (building)

画栋雕梁 huà dòng diāo liáng

Painted ridges and carved beams

画框 huà kuàng

picture frame

琴棋书画 qín qí shū huà

the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) / the accomplishments of a well-educated person

画像 huà xiàng

portrait / to do a portrait of sb

油画 yóu huà

oil painting

画蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú

lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it

漆画 qī huà

lacquer painting

漫画 màn huà

caricature / cartoon / Japanese manga

烙画 lào huà

pyrograph / poker-picture

版画 bǎn huà

printmaking / a print

依葫芦画瓢 yī hú lu huà piáo

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification

照葫芦画瓢 zhào hú lu huà piáo

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly

画面 huà miàn

scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view

绘画 huì huà

drawing / painting

字画 zì huà

the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting

中国画 Zhōng guó huà

Chinese painting

画派 huà pài

school of painting

动画 dòng huà

animation / cartoon

年画 nián huà

New Year pictures

画眉 huà méi

to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)

画龙点睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng

to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point

画像砖 huà xiàng zhuān

portrait brick

书画 shū huà

painting and calligraphy

笔画 bǐ huà

strokes of a Chinese character

绘画史 huì huà shǐ

history of painting

绢画 juàn huà

classical Chinese painting on silk

画舫 huà fǎng

decorated pleasure boat

肖像画 xiào xiàng huà

portraiture

依样画葫芦 yī yàng huà hú lu

lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality

铅笔画 qiān bǐ huà

penciling / pencil drawing

画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī

lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)

画饼 huà bǐng

pie in the sky / painted cake / a depicted cake

花鸟画 huā niǎo huà

bird-and-flower painting