畫

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See also: 画, 畵, 劃, 划, 晝, and 書
畫 U+756B, 畫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-756B
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Translingual

Traditional 畫
Simplified 画
Japanese 画
Korean 畵

Han character

畫 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中土田一 (LGWM), four-corner 50106, composition ⿱𦘒𱰥)

Derived terms

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 763, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21859
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1172, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2544, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+756B

Chinese

trad. 畫
simp. 画
alternative forms
晝／昼
畵
𠚇
𡇍
𤰱
晝／昼
畵
𠚇
𡇍
𤰱
𨽶
𤲯
𤲿
𦘕
𦘚
𤱪
 

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 畫
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (畫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
畫 *ɡʷreːɡs, *ɡʷreːɡ
澅 *ɡʷreːɡs
繣 *ɡʷreːɡs, *qʰʷreːɡ
劃 *qʰʷreːɡ, *ɡʷreːɡ
嫿 *ɡʷreːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 聿 (“pen brush”) + 画 (“a field (田) enclosed on four sides”). Meaning of "field boundaries recorded with a brush".

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Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • vak5 - verb;
  • vak5-4 - noun.
Note:
  • fa - literary;
  • va̍k - vernacular.
Note:
  • uăh - vernacular;
  • uâ - literary;
  • hĕk - when sense is covered by 劃 (“to divide by a line; to devise; stroke”).
Note:
  • ūi/ōa/ōe/ǒe/oāi/oe̍h - vernacular;
  • hōa - literary (rare).
Note:
  • uê7 - literary ("to write / to draw / to paint");
  • uêh8 - vernacular ("to divide by a line / to devise / stroke").
Note:
  • 3hho - vernacular;
  • 3hhua - literary.
Note:
  • fa5 - vernacular;
  • fa4 - literary.
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 畫
    Mandarin Beijing /xua⁵¹/
    Harbin /xua²⁴/ 筆～兒
    /xua⁵³/ 年～兒
    Tianjin /xuɑ⁵³/
    Jinan /xua²¹/
    Qingdao /xua⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /xua³¹²/
    Xi'an /xua⁴⁴/
    Xining /xua²¹³/
    Yinchuan /xua¹³/
    Lanzhou /xua¹³/
    Ürümqi /xua²¹³/
    Wuhan /xua³⁵/
    Chengdu /xua¹³/
    Guiyang /xua²¹³/
    Kunming /xua̠²¹²/
    Nanjing /xuɑ⁴⁴/
    Hefei /xua⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /xua⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /xuɑ³⁵/
    Hohhot /xua⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /ɦo²³/
    /ɦua²³/
    Suzhou /ɦo³¹/
    Hangzhou /ɦuɑ¹³/
    Wenzhou /ɦo²²/
    Hui Shexian /xua²²/
    /ua²²/
    Tunxi /xuːə¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /fa⁵⁵/
    /fa¹¹/
    Xiangtan /ɦuɒ²¹/
    Gan Nanchang /fɑ²¹/
    Hakka Meixian /fa⁵³/
    Taoyuan /fɑ⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /wa²²/ 動
    /wa³⁵/ 名
    Nanning /wa³³/
    Hong Kong /wa²²/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hua²²/
    /ue²²/
    /ui²²/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /uɑ²⁴²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ua⁴²/ 動
    /xua⁴⁴/ 名
    Shantou (Teochew) /ue³¹/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /ue²³/
    Rime
    Character 畫
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 麥 (120)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 胡麥切
    Baxter hweak
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɦˠwɛk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɦʷᵚæk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɣuɐk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɦwəɨjk̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɣuɛk̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɣwæk̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ɣwæk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		huó
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		wak6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 畫
    Reading # 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		huà
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ hwɛk ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡʷˁrek/
    English draw (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 畫
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 5335
    Phonetic
    component         		畫
    Rime
    group         		錫
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		獲
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡʷreːɡ/

    Definitions

    畫

    1. to write; to draw; to paint
    2. to divide by a line
    3. Alternative form of 劃／划 (“to devise”)
    4. stroke of Chinese character
    Synonyms
    • (to draw): (literary, or in compounds) 繪／绘 (huì)

    Pronunciation 2

    Note: huàr - drawing.
    Note: waa6 - chiefly in compounds.
    Note: va5 - chiefly in compounds.
    Note:
    • fa - literary;
    • va̍k - vernacular.
    Note:
    • uăh - vernacular;
    • uâ - literary.
    Note:
    • ūi/ōa/ōe/ǒe - vernacular;
    • hōa - literary (rare).
    Rime
    Character 畫
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 佳 (32)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 胡卦切
    Baxter hweaH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɦˠuɛH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɦʷᵚæH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɣuæiH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɦwaɨjH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɣuɛH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɣwaiH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ɣwaiH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		huà
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		waai6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 畫
    Reading # 1/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		huà
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ hwɛH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*C-ɡʷˁrek-s/
    English drawing (n.)

    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 畫
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 5330
    Phonetic
    component         		畫
    Rime
    group         		賜
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		畫
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡʷreːɡs/

    Definitions

    畫

    1. drawing; painting; picture (Classifier: 幅 m c mn; 張／张 m)
      畫幅畫／画幅画 [Cantonese]  ―  waak6 fuk1 waa6-2   ―  to draw a drawing
    2. decorated with paintings

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Shinjitai

    		画

    Kyūjitai

    		畫

    Kanji

    畫

    (Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 画)

    1. Kyūjitai form of 画 (picture)

    Readings

    Definitions

    For pronunciation and definitions of 畫 – see the following entry.
    【画】2
    second grade kanji
    (This term, 畫, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

    Korean

    Alternative forms

    Etymology 1

    From Middle Chinese 畫 (MC hweaH).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅘᅫᆼ〮 (Yale: hhwáy)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 그〮릴〮 (Yale: kúlíl) 화〯 (Yale: hwǎ)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
    • Phonetic hangul:
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

    Hanja

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    畫 (eumhun 그림 화 (geurim hwa))

    1. hanja form? of 화 (“picture; drawing; painting”)

    Compounds

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    From Middle Chinese 畫 (MC hweak).

    Hanja

    畫 (eumhun 그을 획 (geueul hoek))

    1. Alternative form of 劃 (“hanja form? of 획 (“to draw a line; to mark”)”)

    Compounds

    Compounds

    References

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    畫: Hán Nôm readings: họa/hoạ, hoạch, vạch, vệt, dạch, vệch

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