划
huáhuà HSK2

row, paddle

划 huá frequency
row verb
to row or paddle a boat

他在平静的湖面上慢慢地划。

tā zài píng​jìng de hú​miàn shàng màn​màn de huá.

He rowed slowly across the calm lake.

profitable verb
to be worth the effort or cost; to be worthwhile

在批发市场买东西更划。

zài pī​fā shì​chǎng mǎi dōng​xi gèng huá.

It is more cost-effective to buy things at a wholesale market.

划 (劃) huá
cut verb
to cut, slash, or scratch into the surface of something

别在墙上乱划。

bié zài qiáng shàng luàn huá.

Don't scrawl on the walls.

strike match verb
to strike a match to ignite it

他在黑暗中划着了火柴。

tā zài hēi'àn zhōng huá zháo le huǒ​chái.

He struck a match in the dark.

划 (劃) huà
delimit verb
to partition, assign, transfer, or plan for a specific purpose

政府把这片区域划为经济开发区。

zhèng​fǔ bǎ zhè piàn qū​yù huà wéi jīng​jì kāi​fā​qū.

The government designated this area as an economic development zone.

draw verb
to draw a line or form the stroke of a Chinese character

这个汉字的最后一划应该是点。

zhè gè hàn​zì de zuì​hòu yī huà yīng​gāi shì diǎn.

The last stroke of this Chinese character should be a dot.

Frequency
Character
Written text
522nd most common 406.4 per million
Movie subtitles
558th most common 253.4 per million appears in 64% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
25.3 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
37.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
劃
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5212

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)