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Kanji Detail for 畫 - "divide, boundary, stroke, plan, picture"

  • Meaning

    畫 means "divide, boundary, stroke, plan, picture."

    1. Divide - To demarcate.

    2. Boundary - A division.

    3. Stroke - A line or dot in Chinese characters.

    4. Plan - A scheme; a stratagem.

    5. Picture - To draw; to paint.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    picture; sketch; drawing; stroke; mark; divide

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    delineate, painting, picture, drawing; draw

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    picture, painting, drawing; to draw

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Pictures. Making a picture is called 書. What is made is also called 畫. | To divide. Dividing a surface vertically and horizontally into sections that can be distinguished is all called 畫. Such as saying 分疆畫界 (dividing territories and drawing boundaries). | Has the meaning of limitation. (Analects) "Now you limit yourself." Meaning like drawing a line on the ground to limit oneself. Saying one's learning does not seek progress. | A plan. Such as saying 謀畫 (plotting), 計畫 (planning) and such. | In calligraphy, horizontal strokes are called 畫.
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