Meaning
draw; picture; painting
Chinese: 拉、画。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “hua” becomes a different word in each tone. 画 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 画家huà jiāpainter
- 画儿huà rpicture; drawing; painting
- 图画tú huàdrawing; picture
- 动画片dòng huà piànanimated film
- 画面huà miànscene; tableau; picture; image
Example Sentence
妹妹很喜欢画画。Mèi mei hěn xǐ huan huà huà.My younger sister loves to draw.
妹妹Mèi meiyounger sister很hěnvery喜欢xǐ huanto like画画huà huàto draw。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A hand with a brush (the top) marking out the boundaries of a field (田) within a frame: to draw lines. It means ‘a picture / to draw’. Simplified from 畫.
A way to remember it
A brush ruling lines around a field (田) — a drawing.
Easy to confuse with
- 书‘Book’: also brush-work, but for writing words rather than drawing.