Read Edit View history Discussion 畫 huà HSK2 a painting Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a hand holding a writing utensil (聿) and drawing something. Pinyin Separate values with commas huà × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 画 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 畫 Simp strokes 畫 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a carved jade object. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 畫 Simp strokes 畫 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Upper frame? of the drawing, found in the simplified form and possibly in the variant 𬚪 Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 畫 Simp strokes 畫 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 畫 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 338, 714 ], [ 396, 712 ], [ 549, 739 ], [ 622, 760 ], [ 661, 761 ], [ 685, 741 ], [ 693, 725 ], [ 654, 607 ], [ 628, 591 ] ], [ [ 130, 584 ], [ 168, 577 ], [ 196, 579 ], [ 391, 616 ], [ 804, 669 ], [ 856, 669 ], [ 916, 656 ] ], [ [ 335, 519 ], [ 367, 517 ], [ 617, 566 ], [ 665, 568 ], [ 683, 563 ] ], [ [ 348, 435 ], [ 384, 435 ], [ 605, 476 ], [ 629, 478 ], [ 650, 472 ] ], [ [ 462, 867 ], [ 514, 822 ], [ 505, 409 ], [ 488, 386 ] ], [ [ 228, 336 ], [ 273, 329 ], [ 447, 361 ], [ 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