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绘

huì

HSK 6 Character Traditional 繪

What 绘 means

1. to draw; to paint
2. to depict; to portray

Example sentences

• 她用绘画来装饰墙。
  Tā yòng huìhuà lái zhuāngshì qiáng.
  She decorated the wall with pictures.
• 这个男孩喜欢绘画。
  The boy enjoyed painting a picture.
• 这些箱子是手绘的。
  These boxes were hand-painted.
• 你要去法国学习绘画。
  You're going to France to study painting.
• 她对绘画有很好的鉴赏力。
  Tā duì huìhuà yǒu hěn hǎo de jiànshǎnglì.
  She's got a good eye for paintings.
• 我不是诗人，无法描绘它的美丽。
  Wǒ bù shì shīrén, wúfǎ miáohuì tā de měilì.
  I'm not a poet; I couldn't write a single line to depict its beauty.

Words starting with 绘

• 绘画huì huàto draw; to paint
• 绘制huì zhìto draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc)
• 绘图huì túto chart; to sketch; to draft; to plot
• 绘声绘色huì shēng huì sèvivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic
• 绘本huì běnpicture book
• 绘文字huì wén zìemoji
• 绘架座Huì jià zuòPictor (constellation)

Words containing 绘

• 描绘miáo huìto describe; to depict; to portray
• 彩绘cǎi huìpainted; colored painted-on designs
• 测绘cè huìto survey and draw; to map
• 手绘shǒu huìto paint by hand; to draw by hand; hand-painted; hand-drawn
• 标绘biāo huìto plot (on a chart); to mark
• 架上绘画jià shàng huì huàeasel painting
• 电脑绘图diàn nǎo huì túcomputer graphics
• 浮世绘fú shì huìukiyo-e
• 电脑辅助设计与绘图diàn nǎo fǔ zhù shè jì yǔ huì túcomputer-aided design and drawing

Characters built on 会

These share the phonetic component 会 (huì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 荟huìto flourish; luxuriant growth
• 刽guìto amputate; to cut off; also pr. kuài
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 桧guìChinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis); (old) coffin lid decoration; Taiwan pr. kuài

Characters that look like 绘

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

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 给gěito; for; for the benefit of
• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 珐fàused in 珐琅

Sounds the same

Read huì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 会can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet…
• 汇to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange
• 惠(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior); (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顾
• 慧intelligent
• 讳to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
• 贿(bound form) bribery
• 蕙Coumarouna odorata
• 溃used in 溃脓; Taiwan pr. kuì
• 卉plants
• 烩to braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 诲to teach; to instruct; to induce
• 晦(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night