Translingual
- 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
Additional Derived Characters
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
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). |
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References
Japanese
Kanji
画
(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 畫)
Readings
On'yomi derived from Middle Chinese /ɦˠuɛH/:
On'yomi derived from Middle Chinese /ɦˠwɛk̚/:
Kun'yomi:
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term
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| 画
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が Grade: 2
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| goon
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| Alternative spelling
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| 畫 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 畫 (MC hweaH).
Pronunciation
Noun
画 • (ga) ←ぐわ (gwa)?
- picture, drawing, painting
- Synonym: 絵
- movie, film, video
Suffix
画 • (-ga) ←ぐわ (-gwa)?
- 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
- 映画 (eiga, “movie”)
- 絵画 (kaiga)
- 画家 (gaka, “painter; artist”)
- 画架 (gaka, “easel”)
- 画角 (gakaku)
- 画工 (gakō, “painter; artist”)
- 画材 (gazai, “art supplies”)
- 画質 (gashitsu)
- 画集 (gashū, “art book”)
- 画商 (gashō, “art dealer”)
- 画帖 (gajō, “picture album”)
- 画素 (gaso, “pixel”)
- 画像 (gazō, “image”)
- 画伯 (gahaku)
- 画板 (gaban)
- 画眉 (gabi)
- 画餅 (gabei)
- 画舫 (gabō)
- 画面 (gamen)
- 画竜 (garyō)
- 画竜点睛 (garyō tensei, “finishing touches”, literally “dotting the eyes in a painting of a dragon”)
- 画廊 (garō, “art gallery”)
- 画楼 (garō)
- 図画 (zuga)
- 動画 (dōga)
- 版画 (hanga, “art print”)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term
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| 画
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かく Grade: 2
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| kan'on
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| Alternative spelling
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| 劃 (dated)
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画 is a daiyōji replacing 劃.
Pronunciation
Noun
画 • (kaku)
- delimiter, demarcation, stopping point
- 区画 ― kukaku ― division; (city) block; plot (of land)
- plan, strategy
- 計画 ― keikaku ― plan; project; schedule; program
- 画策 ― kakusaku ― planning; scheming
Compounds
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term
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| 画
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かく Grade: 2
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| kan'on
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| Alternative spelling
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| 畫 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 畫 (MC hweak).
Pronunciation
Noun
画 • (kaku)
- stroke (the individual lines and dots that comprise a kanji character)
- 筆画 ― hikkaku ― stroke
- a line in the divinatory trigrams of the I Ching: "—" (陽) and "- -" (陰)
Counter
画 • (-kaku)
- number of strokes in a kanji
Etymology 4
| Kanji in this term
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| 画
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え Grade: 2
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| kun'yomi
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| Alternative spelling
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| 畫 (kyūjitai)
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 画 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 画, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Etymology 1
Hanja
画 (eumhun 그림 화 (geurim hwa))
- alternative form of 畫
Etymology 2
Hanja
画 (eumhun 그을 획 (geueul hoek))
- alternative form of 畫