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8 strokes12 strokes
Character #515 · The First 1000

huà

paint/draw

to draw; to paint

Strokes
812
TraditionalSimplified
畫 画
Poster cell
K19
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • huàjiā painter
  • huàr picture; painting
  • túhuà drawing
  • huàmiàn scene
  • mànhuà caricature
  • dònghuà animation
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 画畫

Write 画畫 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, huà, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell K19 · 28 × 36 grid

画畫 is #515 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 画 mean in English?
画 (huà) means "paint/draw": to draw; to paint.
How do you pronounce 画?
画 is pronounced huà in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄏㄨㄚˋ.
How many strokes does 画 have?
The simplified form, 画, has 8 strokes. The traditional form, 畫, has 12.
What is the traditional form of 画?
The traditional form of 画 is 畫. 画 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 畫 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 画?
Common words that use 画 include 画家 (huàjiā, painter), 画儿 (huàr, picture; painting), 图画 (túhuà, drawing), 画面 (huàmiàn, scene).
How common is 画?
画 is number 515 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell K19 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.