Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
划 has 刂 knife as meaning part and 戈 gē as sound part. Read huá, it first meant 'to row with an oar', then grew to 'count, tally' and 'calculate'. Read huà, it first meant 'cut in two', then grew to 'divide', 'plan', and 'project'.
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