画 huà drawing
drawing; draw; picture; painting
How to remember 画: 一 one + 凵 pit + 田 field = drawing. With one line the boy draws a field, then a deep pit in the middle, and proudly calls it his best drawing.
Component breakdown
画 = 一 one + 𰢵
- 一 one
- 𰢵
- 凵 pit
- 田 field
With one line the boy draws a field, then a deep pit in the middle, and proudly calls it his best drawing.
How it is used
- To draw/paint and the picture itself: 画画 (huà huà) to paint a picture, 一幅画 (yì fú huà) a painting (measure word 幅).
- Builds art words: 画家 (huàjiā) painter, 漫画 (mànhuà) comics, 动画 (dònghuà) animation, 国画 (guóhuà) Chinese painting.
- 画面 (huàmiàn) 'the picture/frame' - the visual scene on a screen or in a shot.
Words with 画
- 画家huàjiāpainterHSK 3
- 动画dònghuàanimationHSK 5
- 国画guóhuàtraditional Chinese paintingHSK 5
- 图画túhuàdrawingHSK 5
- 画面huàmiànsceneHSK 5
- 书画shūhuàpainting and calligraphyHSK 6
- 漫画mànhuàcaricatureHSK 6
- 绘画huìhuàto drawHSK 6
- 刻画kèhuàto portrayHSK 7
- 年画niánhuàNew Year (Spring Festival) pictureHSK 7
- 指手画脚zhǐshǒu-huàjiǎoto gesticulate while talking (idiom)HSK 7
- 油画yóuhuàoil paintingHSK 7
- 壁画bìhuàmural (painting)HSK 8
- 琴棋书画qín-qí-shū-huàthe four arts of the Chinese scholarHSK 9
- 画册huàcèpicture albumHSK 9
- 画蛇添足huàshé-tiānzúliterally draw legs on a snake (idiom)HSK 9
- 画龙点睛huàlóng-diǎnjīngto paint a dragon and dot in the eyesHSK 9
Example sentences
- 她在作画。 Tā zài zuòhuà.She's painting.
- 墙上挂着一幅画像。 Qiáng shàng guàzhe yì fú huàxiàng.There's a portrait hanging on the wall.