huà

to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅,张); to draw (a line) (variant of 划)

verbnoun HSK 3.0 · Band 2 trad. 畫

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 画家huàjiāpainterB3
  • 动画dònghuàanimationB5
  • 国画guóhuàtraditional Chinese paintingB5
  • 画面huàmiànsceneB5
  • 图画túhuàdrawingB5
  • 绘画huìhuàto drawB6
  • 漫画mànhuàcaricatureB6

See it in sentences

这个小孩儿画画很好。

This kid draws really well.

他在本子上画画。

He is drawing in his notebook.