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 (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

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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.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huá (hua²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴, waa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): hôa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hua2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huá
    • 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): /wäː²¹/, /wäː⁵⁵/
• 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/

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• 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

• 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

1. to row; to paddle

   划船  ―  huáchuán  ―  to row a boat

2. 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
• 划不來／划不来 (huábulái)
• 划子 (huázi)
• 划得來／划得来 (huádelái)
• 划拳 (huáquán)
• 划木
• 划槳／划桨 (huájiǎng)

• 划算 (huásuàn)
• 划船 (huáchuán)
• 划船運動／划船运动
• 划艇 (huátǐng)
• 划行
• 划龍舟／划龙舟
• 小划子

• 橫河划子／横河划子
• 汽划子
• 猜三划五
• 砲划子／炮划子
• 腳划船／脚划船
• 蛋划

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): kò

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• 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)

1. 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; scratch; 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.

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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)

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Korean

Hanja

划 (eum 화 (hwa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

划: Hán Nôm readings: hoa, quả

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References

• Nom Foundation