画

See also: 畫, 𤰱, and 划

画 U+753B, 画 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-753B ← 町 [U+753A] CJK Unified Ideographs 甼 → [U+753C]

画 U+FAA3, 画 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAA3 ← 甆 [U+FAA2] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 瘝 → [U+FAA4]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	畫
Simplified	画
Japanese	画
Korean	畵

Alternative forms

• Note that, in Japanese script, the central vertical stroke is the fourth stroke and goes above the third stroke, creating a central 由; in simplified Chinese, the vertical stroke is the fifth stroke and does not go above the third stroke, forming a central 田 instead.

Glyph origin

Seemingly from 畵 with 𦘒 omitted.

Han character

画 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一山田 (MUW), four-corner 1077₀, composition ⿱一𰢵(GT) or ⿱一⿶凵由(JK))

Derived characters

• 婳 㓰 𠵾 𢛯 𫽇 𣶩 𡳒 𪽗 𤳰 𰬠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 759, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21739
• Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2530, character 5
• Unihan data for U+753B

• Unihan data for U+FAA3

Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 画 – see 畫 (“to write; to draw; to paint; to divide by a line; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 畫).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02650-002

Japanese

Shinjitai	画
Kyūjitai	畫

Kanji

画

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 畫)

Readings

On'yomi derived from Middle Chinese /ɦˠuɛ^H/ with departing tone (去聲／去声 (qùshēng)):

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}; が (ga, Jōyō)^{←ぐわ (gwa, historical)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}

On'yomi derived from Middle Chinese /ɦˠwɛk̚/ with entering tone (入聲／入声 (rùshēng)):

• Go-on: わく (waku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)^{←くわく (kwaku, historical)}

Kun'yomi:

• Kun: え (e, 画); えがく (egaku, 画く)^{←ゑがく (wegaku, 画く, historical)}; かぎる (kagiru, 画る); かく (kaku, 画く); はかる (hakaru, 画る)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
画
が Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
畫 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 畫 (MC hweaH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) が​ [gáꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠]

Noun

画(が) • (ga) 

1. picture, drawing, painting

   Synonym: 絵

2. movie, film, video

Suffix

画(が) • (-ga) 

1. genre or style of painting

   風景画 ― fuukeiga ― landscape

   静物画 ― seibutsuga ― still life

   西洋画 ― seiyouga ― Western painting

   日本画 ― nihonga ― Japanese painting

Compounds

Compounds

• 映(えい)画(が) (eiga, “movie”)
• 絵(かい)画(が) (kaiga)
• 画家(がか) (gaka, “painter; artist”)
• 画架(がか) (gaka, “easel”)
• 画(が)角(かく) (gakaku)
• 画(が)工(こう) (gakō, “painter; artist”)
• 画(が)材(ざい) (gazai, “art supplies”)
• 画(が)質(しつ) (gashitsu)
• 画(が)集(しゅう) (gashū, “art book”)
• 画(が)商(しょう) (gashō, “art dealer”)
• 画(が)帖(じょう) (gajō, “picture album”)
• 画素(がそ) (gaso, “pixel”)
• 画(が)像(ぞう) (gazō, “image”)
• 画(が)伯(はく) (gahaku)
• 画(が)板(ばん) (gaban)
• 画眉(がび) (gabi)
• 画(が)餅(べい) (gabei, “something useless”, literally “picture of rice cakes”)
• 画(が)舫(ぼう) (gabō)
• 画(が)面(めん) (gamen)
• 画(が)竜(りょう) (garyō)
• 画(が)竜(りょう)点(てん)睛(せい) (garyō tensei, “finishing touches”, literally “adding the eyes to a painting of a dragon”)
• 画(が)廊(ろう) (garō, “art gallery”)
• 画(が)楼(ろう) (garō)
• 図画(ずが) (zuga)
• 動(どう)画(が) (dōga)
• 版(はん)画(が) (hanga, “art print”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
画
かく Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spelling
劃 (dated)

画 is a daiyōji replacing 劃.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かく [kàkú] (Heiban – [0]) “stroke”
• (Tokyo) かく​ [kàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2]) “stroke”
• IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

画(かく) • (kaku) 

1. delimiter, demarcation, stopping point

   区画 ― kukaku ― division; (city) block; plot (of land)

2. plan, strategy

   計画 ― keikaku ― plan; project; schedule; program

   画策 ― kakusaku ― planning; scheming

Compounds

Derived terms

• 画(かく)一(いつ) (kakuitsu)
• 画(かく)策(さく) (kakusaku)
• 画(かく)然(ぜん) (kakuzen)
• 画(かく)定(てい) (kakutei, “demarcation”)
• 画(かっ)期(き) (kakki, “end of an era”)
• 画(かっ)期(き)的(てき) (kakkiteki)
• 企(き)画(かく) (kikaku)
• 区(く)画(かく) (kukaku)
• 計(けい)画(かく) (keikaku)
• 分(ぶん)画(かく) (bunkaku)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
画
かく Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spelling
畫 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 畫 (MC hweak).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かく [kàkú] (Heiban – [0]) “stroke”
• (Tokyo) かく​ [kàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2]) “stroke”
• IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

画(かく) • (kaku) 

1. stroke (the individual lines and dots that comprise a kanji character)

   筆画 ― hikkaku ― stroke

2. a line in the divinatory trigrams of the I Ching: "—" (陽) and "- -" (陰)

Counter

画(かく) • (-kaku) 

1. number of strokes in a kanji

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

画 (eumhun 그림 화 (geurim hwa))

1. Alternative form of 畫

Etymology 2

Hanja

画 (eumhun 그을 획 (geueul hoek))

1. Alternative form of 畫