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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

same as

Han character [edit]

(radical 102 +3, 8 strokes, cangjie input (MUW))

  1. a painting, picture, drawing
  2. to draw

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 759, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21739
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2530, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+753B

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional , Yale wa2, waak6)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana かく, romaji kaku)

  1. stroke (of a pen, in a character)

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 화 (획) (revised: hwa (hoek), McCune-Reischauer: hwa (hoek), Yale: hwa (hoyk))

Usage notes [edit]

This shape is not used. Corresponds to .


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional , pinyin huà (hua4), zhèn (zhen4), Wade-Giles hua4, chen4)

Verb [edit]

(simplified, Pinyin huà, traditional )

  1. to write, to draw, to paint

Noun [edit]

(simplified, Pinyin huà, traditional )

  1. paint, picture

Compounds [edit]