画 huà

to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划)

HSK 2 8 strokes Radical 田 Ideograph 20 words

Built from

一yīone; a, an; alone 凵qiǎncontainer; receptacle 田tiánfield, farm, arable land; cultivated

How it works

A painting on an easel; compare 畫, which includes the brush.

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HSK 2 · 3

画

huà

to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划)

画家

huàjiā

painter

画儿

huàr

picture; drawing; painting

HSK 3 · 1

图画

túhuà

drawing; picture

HSK 4 · 1

动画片

dònghuàpiàn

animated film

HSK 5 · 2

画面

huàmiàn

scene; tableau; picture

漫画

mànhuà

caricature; cartoon; Japanese manga

HSK 6 · 2

动画

dònghuà

animation; cartoon

绘画

huìhuà

drawing; painting

HSK 7–9 · 11

油画

yóuhuà

oil painting

壁画

bìhuà

mural (painting); fresco

画展

huàzhǎn

art exhibition

画册

huàcè

picture album

指手画脚

zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo

to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands

国画

guóhuà

traditional Chinese painting

勾画

gōuhuà

to sketch out; to delineate

年画

niánhuà

New Year (Spring Festival) picture

中国画

Zhōngguóhuà

Chinese painting

画龙点睛

huàlóngdiǎnjīng

to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch