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Kanji Detail for 画 - "picture, to plan"

画

  • Meaning

    画 means "picture, to plan." Also associated with to demarcate.

    1. Picture - An image; a painting.

    2. To draw - To make a picture.

    3. To demarcate - To mark the boundary of patterns.

    4. To plan - To scheme; to devise.

    5. Stroke - A word for counting the strokes that make up kanji.

  • Words using 画

    • 映画 えいが Listen movie; film; motion picture
    • 計画 けいかく Listen plan; project; schedule
    • 絵画 かいが Listen painting; picture
    • 画面 がめん Listen screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture
    • 漫画 まんが Listen cartoon; comic; comic strip
    • 画家 がか Listen painter; artist
    • 画像 がぞう Listen image; picture; portrait
    • 経済企画庁 けいざいきかくちょう Listen Economic Planning Agency (1955-2001)

  • Four-character idioms with 画

    • 自画自賛 じがじさん Listen singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
    • 一点一画 いってんいっかく Listen the dots of i's and the crosses of t's; (not neglecting) the slightest details
    • 書画骨董 しょがこっとう Listen curios and objets d'art
    • 画竜点睛 がりょうてんせい Listen finishing touches; last vital touch
    • 画蛇添足 がだてんそく Listen making an unnecessary addition (to); gilding the lily

  • Tattoo check: 画

    • Verified meaning: picture, to plan
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read が)
    • Also carries these associations: to demarcate

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 画

    Surnames 画(が)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    brush-stroke; picture

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a painting, picture, drawing; to 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

  • Onyomi

    tip

    e(エ) エ

    ga(ガ) ガ

    kai(カイ) カイ

    kaku(カク) カク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ega.ku(えが-く) えが-く

    haka.ru(はか-る) はか-る

    hakarigoto(はかりごと) はかりごと

    kagi.ru(かぎ-る) かぎ-る

    kaku.suru(かく-する) かく-する

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    田 (ta・tahen)

  • Related Keywords

    picture to demarcate to plan dividing drawing planning stroke painting animation art boundary brush calligraphy canvas create design devise easel exhibit gallery graphic illustration image ink landscape mark mural portrait produce scheme sketch

Sentences including 画

  • Did you ever see such a film?

  • All of a sudden , a fire broke out in the movie theater.

  • Are there any movie theaters near here?

  • Money for the plan was lacking.

  • He is neither for nor against the plan.

  • He will get nowhere with his plans.

  • He opposed the plan to the last.

  • I go to the movies once in a while.

  • We discussed the plan yesterday.

  • I can't see the movie.

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