画
畫huà
HSK 3
#881 most
frequent character
to draw, picture, painting
verb
noun
Measure words:幅 fú,张 zhāng
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
画 shows a field 田 with lines marking its edges, the act of dividing land. So it first meant drawing out field boundaries. From that plain sense came drawing and then painting.
Drawn as: field with border lines
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Example Sentences
我喜欢画画。
wǒ xǐhuān huà huà 。
I like to draw.
这幅画很漂亮。
zhè fú huà hěn piàoliàng 。
This painting is very beautiful.
她的画技巧很好。
tāde huà jìqiǎo hěnhǎo 。
Her drawing skills are very good.
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