HSK 2 · Media

画

huà

to draw; to paint

Stroke order of 画

画 is written with 8 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A field '田' sketched inside a frame '凵' with a line '一' on top — a drawing.

Parts: 一 line + 田 field + 凵 frame

Example sentence

她画的猫很漂亮。

The cat she drew is very beautiful.

Words with 画

画家painter; artist 画儿picture; painting 图画picture; drawing

More words: Media

报纸newspaper 日报daily (newspaper)晚报evening paper 新闻news 小说novel 故事story 节目programme; show 广告advertisement 影片film; movie 图片picture; image 照片photo 相机camera 照相to take a photo 画儿picture; painting

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