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画
畫
huà
1. to draw
2. picture
3. painting
4. CL:[[幅<fú>]], [[張|张<zhāng>]]
5. classifier for paintings etc
6. variant of [[劃|划<huà>]]
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

画
huà
picture, painting, drawing; to draw
HSK 3 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

摹画
móhuà
to describe
擘画
bòhuà
variant of [[擘劃|擘划<bòhuà>]]
春画
chūnhuà
erotic print
绘画
huìhuà
drawing
书画
shūhuà
painting and calligraphy
作画
zuòhuà
to paint
贴画
tiēhuà
pinup picture
淫画
yínhuà
obscene picture
漫画
mànhuà
caricature
HSK 6
国画
guóhuà
national painting
筹画
chóuhuà
variant of [[籌劃|筹划<chóuhuà>]]
策画
cèhuà
variant of [[策劃|策划<cèhuà>]]
版画
bǎnhuà
picture printed from a woodblock, stone, copper plate etc
笔画
bǐhuà
strokes of a Chinese character
图画
túhuà
drawing
壁画
bìhuà
mural (painting)
如画
rúhuà
picturesque
语画
yǔhuà
picture in words
字画
zìhuà
the strokes of a character
刻画
kèhuà
to portray

Example Sentences (1)

我是一个中学老师,教学生画画儿。
wǒ shì yí gè zhōngxué lǎoshī,jiāo xuéshēng huà huàr.
I am a middle school teacher and teach students to draw.
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Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
882
Word Frequency Rank
914 of 84,292

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