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huà

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huà Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huà | hua4
English translation
to row or paddle a boat; to scratch; to plan; profitable

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About huà

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

huà

Contains the radical

dāo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

knife

Etymology of huà

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

畫刂

Semantic compound

dāo

Phonetic compound

huà

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. dāo represents the meaning and represents the sound. In simplified Chinese huá is also used to mean "cut; slash; draw line", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character huà .

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Words with huà

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
计划 jìhuà plan計劃
规划 guīhuà planning規劃
huá to delimit huà
策划 cèhuà to plot策劃
划分 huàfēn to divide up劃分
计划生育 jì huà shēng yù family planning計劃生育
划算 huá suàn to calculate划算 huá suàn
筹划 chóu huà to plan and prepare籌劃
计划经济 jì huà jīng jì planned economy計劃經濟
划船 huá chuán to row a boat划船 huá chuán
谋划 móu huà to scheme謀劃
五年计划 wǔ nián jì huà Five-Year Plan五年計劃
划伤 huá shāng to gash劃傷
划定 huà dìng to demarcate劃定
划破 huá pò to rip劃破
划清 huà qīng clear dividing line劃清
划痕 huá hén a scratch劃痕
比划 bǐ hua to gesture比劃
区划 qū huà subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)區劃
策划人 cè huà rén sponsor策劃人
划拨 huà bō to assign劃撥
出谋划策 chū móu huà cè to give advice (idiom)出謀劃策
划艇 huá tǐng rowing boat划艇 huá tǐng
企划 qǐ huà to plan企劃

huà Decomposition & Compounds

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