劃

huá = hu + a2

to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match)

划 = 刂 + 戈 : Just inside the ashram's kitchen Helga Horse is paddling in a small boat through a deadly sea of kitchen knives and spears.

划

劃

huà = hu + a4

to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character

劃 character breakdown

劃
- 刂
  - 丨
  - 亅
- 畫
  - 一
  - 田
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 囗
  - 聿
    - 二
      - 一
    - 肀

刂

da̅o = d + ao1

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

刂 = 丨 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).

画

畫

huà = hu + a4

to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]

画 = 一 + 田 + 凵 : Helga Horse (hu) decided to make the ashram's bathroom (a4) more beautiful, so she paints (画) her favourite field (田) on the wall using a flute (一). She doesn't watch out for the receptacles (凵) though, and gets shocked as her flute gets stuck in one of them.

Characters with 劃 as component

劃 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 劃

划

劃

huá

伤

傷

sha̅ng

to damage by scratching / to gash / to lacerate

劃

劃 character breakdown

Characters with 劃 as component

Words with 劃

Sentences with 劃