划
huàhuá HSK2

row, paddle

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Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 戈 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese 划 is also used to mean "cut, delimit, draw", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 劃.

Components

戈
戈 Sound component
Change in sound
刂
刂 Meaning component

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwaeC.[g]ʷˤraj (?)row (v.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart