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画

huà

HSK 3 Character Traditional 畫 Measure word 幅、张

What 画 means

1. to draw; to paint
2. picture; painting
3. to draw (a line) (variant of {划|huà})
4. stroke of a Chinese character (variant of {划|huà})
5. (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of {划|huà})

Example sentences

• 谁画的？
  Who drew it?
• 画一个圈。
  Draw a circle.
• 这画不错。
  The picture is nice.
• 哪幅画大？
  Which painting is bigger?
• 哪幅画小？
  Which painting is small?
• 画家画画。
  An artist illustrates.

Words starting with 画

• 画蛇添足huà shé tiān zúlit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous…
• 画面huà miànscene; tableau; picture
• 画家huà jiāpainter
• 画画huà huàto draw; to paint
• 画报huà bàoillustrated magazine
• 画像huà xiàngportrait; to do a portrait of sb
• 画廊huà lángart gallery; decorated corridor
• 画展huà zhǎnart exhibition
• 画册huà cèpicture album
• 画室huà shìartist's studio; atelier
• 画笔huà bǐpainting brush
• 画图huà túto draw designs, maps etc; picture (e.g. of life in the city)
• 画外音huà wài yīnvoice-over; background narration
• 画作huà zuòpainting; picture
• 画卷huà juànpicture scroll; (fig.) panorama; vivid tableau
• 画眉huà méito apply makeup to the eyebrows; (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
• 画布huà bùcanvas (artist's painting surface)
• 画质huà zhìimage quality; resolution; definition
• 画风huà fēngpainting style
• 画师huà shī(art) painter
• 画龙点睛huà lóng diǎn jīngto paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch…
• 画框huà kuàngpicture frame
• 画儿huà rpicture; drawing; painting
• 画坛huà tánpainting world; painting circles

Words containing 画

• 动画片dòng huà piànanimated film
• 漫画màn huàcaricature; cartoon; Japanese manga
• 动画dòng huàanimation; cartoon
• 绘画huì huàto draw; to paint
• 油画yóu huàoil painting
• 图画tú huàdrawing; picture
• 书画shū huàpainting and calligraphy
• 壁画bì huàmural (painting); fresco
• 笔画bǐ huàstrokes of a Chinese character
• 刻画kè huàto portray
• 作画zuò huàto draw; to paint; to create artwork
• 字画zì huàthe strokes of a character; calligraphy and painting
• 国画guó huàtraditional Chinese painting
• 连环画lián huán huàlianhuanhua (graphic novel)
• 名画míng huàfamous painting
• 中国画Zhōng guó huàChinese painting
• 宣传画xuān chuán huàpropaganda poster; advertising hoarding
• 年画nián huàNew Year (Spring Festival) picture
• 勾画gōu huàto sketch out; to delineate
• 版画bǎn huàprintmaking; a print
• 漫画家màn huà jiācartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
• 诗情画意shī qíng huà yìpicturesque charm; idyllic appeal; poetic grace
• 山水画shān shuǐ huàlandscape painting
• 插画chā huàillustration

Characters that look like 画

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 面miànface; side; surface
• 典diǎncanon; law; standard work of scholarship
• 函hánenvelope; case; letter
• 奔bēnto hurry; to rush; to run quickly
• 浊zhuóturbid; muddy; impure
• 禺yú(archaic) district; (old) type of monkey

Sounds the same

Read huà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 话dialect; language; spoken words
• 化to make into; to change into; -ization
• 划to delimit; to transfer; to assign
• 桦(botany) birch (genus Betula)
• 婳tranquil
• 摦wide; broad
• 繣obstinate; perverse
• 华Mount Hua 华山; surname Hua
• 畵variant of 画