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画 huà — “to draw; a painting”

How to write and say the Chinese character 画 (huà), which means to draw; a painting — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: School & learning.

Stroke order笔顺

画 is written with 8 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: a painting on an easel; compare 畫, which includes the brush.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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