划

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See also: 劃, 画, and 畫
划 U+5212, 划
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5212
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 刓 →

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

划 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈中弓 (ILN), four-corner 52000, composition ⿰戈刂(GHTJK))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 137, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1893
  • Dae Jaweon: page 309, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 326, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5212

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 划

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
戕 *kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
戈 *koːl
划 *koːlʔ, *koːls, *ɡroːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːlʔ, *koːls, *ɡroːl) : phonetic 戈 (OC *koːl) + semantic 刀.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 划
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 戸花切
Baxter hwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠua/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ɣua/
Wang
Li 		/ɣwa/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		waa4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 划
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		huá
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hwæ ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.ʷˁraj/ (?)
English row (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 划
Reading # 3/3
No. 3834
Phonetic
component 		戈
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		華
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡroːl/

Definitions

划

  1. to row; to paddle
    划船  ―  huáchuán  ―  to row a boat
  2. to calculate; to be profitable; to be a good deal
    划算  ―  huásuàn  ―  to calculate; to weigh the pros and cons

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

划 (Southern Min)

  1. to row; to paddle
    划船 [Hokkien]  ―  kò-chûn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to row a boat

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 划 – see 劃 (“to delimit; to differentiate；to divide; to mark off; to transfer; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 劃).
Notes:

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 划 – see 鐹 (“sickle”).
(This character is a variant form of 鐹).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 划 – see 𠜴.
(This character is a variant form of 𠜴).

References

Japanese

Kanji

划

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): か (ka)、げ (ge)
  • Kun: さおさす (saosasu)、かま (kama)、さく (saku)

Korean

Hanja

划 (eum 화 (hwa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

划: Hán Nôm readings: hoa, quả

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References

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