划

See also: 劃 and 画

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

划 (radical 18 刀+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈中弓 (ILN), four-corner 5200₀, composition ⿰戈刂)

1. to row or paddle a boat
2. to scratch

References

• KangXi: page 137, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1893
• Dae Jaweon: page 309, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 326, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5212

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Chinese

simpl.		划
trad.		划/劃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huá (hua²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): kò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: huá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hua²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁴
    • Yale: wàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɑː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò
    • Tâi-lô: kò
    • IPA (Taipei): /kə¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kə²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (划, reconstructed)
Character (划), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 戸花切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦɣua/	/ɣwa/	/ɣua/	/ɦʷɯa/	/ɦwaɨ/	/ɣwa/	/ɣua/
Character (划), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 戈 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 古火切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kuɑX/	/kuɑX/	/kuɑX/	/kuɑX/	/kwaX/	/kuɑX/	/kuɑX/
Character (划), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 戈 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 古卧切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kuɑH/	/kuɑH/	/kuɑH/	/kuɑH/	/kwaH/	/kuɑH/	/kuɑH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (划, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
划								huá								‹ hwæ ›								/*C.[ɡ]ʷˤraj (?)/								row (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
划					3832					戈					歌					3					果					/*koːlʔ/					集韻同𠜴
划					3833					戈					歌					3										/*koːls/					同鐹
划					3834					戈					歌					3					華					/*ɡroːl/

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

划

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: か (ka), げ (ge)
• Kun: さおさす (saosasu), かま (kama), さく (saku)

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Korean

Hanja

划 (hwa) (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune-Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

划 (hoa, quả)

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References

• Nom Foundation