to draw; to paint; a picture; a painting

Animated Stroke Order 画

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Stroke Order Diagrams 画

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
huan
zài
zhōu
huà
huà

He likes to draw on weekends.

2
guó
huà
shì
zhōng
guó
chuán
tǒng
shù

Traditional Chinese painting is Chinese traditional art.

3
zhè
wèi
huà
jiā
shàn
cháng
huà
shān
shuǐ

This painter is good at landscape painting.

4
huān
kàn
dòng
huà
piàn

I like watching cartoons.

5
hái
zi
men
fàng
xué
hòu
jīng
cháng
kàn
dòng
huà
piàn

Children often watch cartoons together after school.

6
zhè
dòng
huà
piàn
jǐn
huà
miàn
jīng
měi
hái
chuán
le
shēn
de
dào

This cartoon not only has beautiful visuals but also conveys profound messages.

7
huān
kàn
màn
huà

I like reading comics.

8
zhè
běn
màn
huà
shū
hěn
yǒu
hěn
kuài
jiù
kàn
wán
le

This comic book is very interesting, I finished reading it quickly.

9
cóng
xiǎo
jiù
ài
màn
huà
xiàn
zài
jīng
chéng
wéi
míng
zhuān
de
màn
huà
jiā
le

He has loved comics since childhood and has now become a professional cartoonist.

10
jīng
huà
hǎo
le
shé
què
yòu
jiā
shàng
le
jiǎo
zhēn
shì
huà
shé
tiān

He had already drawn a snake, but then added feet to it, which was truly drawing legs on a snake.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes8
StructureSemi-Enclosed
Frequency#312
Zhuyinㄏㄨㄚˋ
Components
UnicodeU+753B
CangjieMWU
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality