划

See also: 劃, 画, and 畫

划	U+5212, 划 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5212

← 刑
[U+5211]

CJK Unified Ideographs

刓 →
[U+5213]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

划 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈中弓 (ILN), four-corner 5200₀, composition ⿰戈刂(GHTJK))

Derived characters

𭇞, 𭠤

References

KangXi: page 137, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1893
Dae Jaweon: page 309, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 326, character 2
Unihan data for U+5212

Chinese

simp. and trad.		划

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戈) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
戕	kaːl, ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
戈	*koːl
划	koːlʔ, koːls, *ɡroːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *koːlʔ, *koːls, *ɡroːl) : phonetic 戈 (OC *koːl) + semantic 刀.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huá (hua²)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴, waa¹
Min Nan (POJ): hôa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huá
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huá
  - Wade–Giles: hua²
  - Yale: hwá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
  - Palladius: хуа (xua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁴, waa¹
  - Yale: wàh, wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴, waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴, wa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹/, /waː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôa
  - Tâi-lô: huâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɦˠua/

Rime
Character	划
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸花切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨ/
Li Rong	/ɣua/
Wang Li	/ɣwa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waa⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[ɡ]ʷˤraj/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	划
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huá
Middle Chinese	‹ hwæ ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[ɡ]ʷˁraj/ (?)
English	row (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	划
Reading #	3/3
No.	3834
Phonetic component	戈
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	華
Old Chinese	/*ɡroːl/

Definitions

划

to row; to paddle
划船 ― huáchuán ― to row a boat
to calculate; to be profitable; to be a good deal
划算 ― huásuàn ― to calculate; to weigh the pros and cons

Compounds

不划算
划子 (huázi)
划拳 (huáquán)
划木
划算 (huásuàn)
划船 (huáchuán)
划艇 (huátǐng)

划行
小划子
汽划子
猜三划五
蛋划
划不來／划不来 (huábulái)
划得來／划得来 (huádelái)

划槳／划桨 (huájiǎng)
划船運動／划船运动
划龍舟／划龙舟
橫河划子／横河划子
砲划子／炮划子
腳划船／脚划船

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): kò

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò
  - Tâi-lô: kò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ko⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹/

Definitions

划 (Min Nan)

to row; to paddle
划船 [Hokkien] ― kò-chûn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to row a boat

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 划 – see 劃 (“to divide; to mark off; to plan; etc.”). (This character, 划, is the simplified form of 劃.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 划 – see 鐹 (“sickle”). (This character, 划, is a variant form of 鐹.)

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 划 – see 𠜴. (This character, 划, is a variant form of 𠜴.)

References

“Entry #2116”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

划

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): か (ka); げ (ge)
Kun: さおさす (saosasu); かま (kama); さく (saku)

Korean

Hanja

划 (eum 화 (hwa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

划: Hán Nôm readings: hoa, quả

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References

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