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划

划

划	U+5212, 划 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5212

← 刑
[U+5211]

CJK Unified Ideographs

刓 →
[U+5213]

See also: 劃, 画, and 畫

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

to row or paddle a boat
to scratch

References

KangXi: page 137, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1893

Dae Jaweon: page 309, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 326, character 2

Unihan data for U+5212

Chinese

simp. and trad.		划

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huá (hua²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴, waa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: huá
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Wade-Giles: hua²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁴, waa¹
  - Yale: wàh, wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴, waa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑː²¹/, /wɑː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ɦˠua/, /kuɑ^X/, /kuɑ^H/▼

Rime
Character	划	划	划
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	I	I
Fanqie	戸花切	古火切	古卧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠua/	/kuɑ^X/	/kuɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚa/	/kuɑ^X/	/kuɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣua/	/kuɑ^X/	/kuɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨ/	/kwa^X/	/kwa^H/
Li Rong	/ɣua/	/kuɑ^X/	/kuɑ^H/
Wang Li	/ɣwa/	/kuɑ^X/	/kuɑ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwa/	/kuɑ^X/	/kuɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huá	guǒ	guò

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*C.[ɡ]ʷˤraj/

(Zhengzhang): /*koːlʔ/, /*koːls/, /*ɡroːl/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	划
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huá
Middle Chinese	‹ hwæ ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[ɡ]ʷˤraj/ (?)
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	划	划
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	3832	3833	3834
Phonetic component	戈	戈	戈
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	果		華
Old Chinese	/*koːlʔ/	/*koːls/	/*ɡroːl/
Notes	集韻同𠜴	同鐹

Verb

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): kò

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò
  - Tâi-lô: kò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹/

Verb

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

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 划 – see 劃. (This character, 划, is the simplified form of 劃.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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: か (ka), げ (ge)

Kun: さおさす (saosasu), かま (kama), さく (saku)

Korean

Hanja

划 • ‎(hwa) (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune-Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

划 (hoa, quả)

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References

Nom Foundation