劃

See also: 划

劃 U+5283, 劃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5283 ← 劂 [U+5282] CJK Unified Ideographs 劄 → [U+5284]

Translingual

Han character

劃 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中一中弓 (LMLN), four-corner 5210₀, composition ⿰畫刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2193
• Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 356, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5283

Chinese

trad.		劃
simp.		划*
alternative forms		㓰 𠜻 𠟱 𠟷

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
畫	*ɡʷreːɡs, *ɡʷreːɡ
澅	*ɡʷreːɡs
繣	*ɡʷreːɡs, *qʰʷreːɡ
劃	*qʰʷreːɡ, *ɡʷreːɡ
嫿	*ɡʷreːɡ

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷreːɡ, *ɡʷreːɡ) : phonetic 畫 (OC *ɡʷreːɡs, *ɡʷreːɡ) + semantic 刂 (“knife”).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	劃	劃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	麥 (120)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	胡麥切	呼麥切
Baxter	hweak	xweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwɛk̚/	/hˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæk̚/	/hʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐk̚/	/xuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəɨjk̚/	/hwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛk̚/	/xuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣwæk̚/	/xwæk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwæk̚/	/xwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó	huo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wak6	fak1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	劃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huà
Middle Chinese	‹ hwɛk ›
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷˁrek/
English	draw (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	劃	劃
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	5337	5334
Phonetic component	畫	畫
Rime group	錫	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	獲	剨
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷreːɡ/	/*qʰʷreːɡ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huá, huà (hua², hua⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ, ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): va̍k

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vag⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oe̍h / u̍ih / oa̍h / ōa / he̍k / hia̍k / hōa
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸waq

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• 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): /xu̯ä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huà
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huà
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴
    • Yale: hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huah
    • Palladius: хуа (xua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹/

Note:

• huá - “to rub with a sharp thing”;
• huà - “to mark off”.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waak⁶
    • Yale: waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: va̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: vag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /vak̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋak̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oeh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ueʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ueʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u̍ih
    • Tâi-lô: ui̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uih
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /uiʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oah
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uaʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōa
    • Tâi-lô: uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oa
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ua³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōa
    • Tâi-lô: huā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua⁴¹/
Note:
• oe̍h/u̍ih/oa̍h - vernacular (“to delimit; to transfer (Mainland); stroke; horizontal stroke”);
• ōa - vernacular;
• hia̍k/he̍k/hōa - literary.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸waq
    • MiniDict: wah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhuaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuaʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: hweak, xweak

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɡʷˤrek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷreːɡ/, /*qʰʷreːɡ/

Definitions

劃

1. to delimit; to differentiate；to divide; to mark off

   劃界／划界  ―  huàjiè  ―  to divide the boundary

2. to transfer (money, accounts, etc.)

   劃款／划款  ―  huàkuǎn  ―  to transfer money

3. to assign (task, etc.)

   他把任務劃給這個小組負責。 [MSC, trad.]
   他把任务划给这个小组负责。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bǎ rènwù huà gěi zhè ge xiǎozǔ fùzé. [Pinyin]

   He assigned the task to that group.

4. to plan

   籌劃／筹划  ―  chóuhuà  ―  to plan and prepare

5. to gesture as a signal

   比劃／比划  ―  bǐhuà  ―  to gesticulate

6. to scratch; to cut (the surface)
7. Alternative form of 畫 / 画 (“stroke of a Chinese character (line drawn with a writing implement)”)
8. (dialectal) Alternative form of 畫 / 画 (“horizontal stroke of a Chinese character”)
9. Used in 劃然／划然.
10. (South Korean idol fandom, humorous) NCT (group)

Compounds

• 企劃 / 企划 (qǐhuà)
• 佈劃 / 布划
• 出謀劃策 / 出谋划策 (chūmóuhuàcè)
• 㓦劃 / 㓦划
• 刻劃 / 刻划 (kèhuà)
• 劃一 / 划一
• 劃一不二 / 划一不二
• 劃下道來 / 划下道来
• 劃分 / 划分 (huàfēn)
• 劃圓手 / 划圆手
• 劃地為王 / 划地为王
• 劃定 / 划定 (huàdìng)
• 劃座位 / 划座位
• 劃拉 / 划拉
• 劃掉 / 划掉
• 劃撥 / 划拨 (huàbō)
• 劃時代 / 划时代 (huàshídài)
• 劃歸 / 划归 (huàguī)
• 劃清 / 划清 (huàqīng)
• 劃清界線 / 划清界线 (huàqīngjièxiàn)
• 劃然 / 划然
• 劃界 / 划界 (huàjiè)
• 劃策 / 划策
• 劃線 / 划线
• 劃線支票 / 划线支票 (huàxiàn zhīpiào)
• 劈劃 / 劈划
• 區劃 / 区划 (qūhuà)
• 國土規劃 / 国土规划
• 土地重劃 / 土地重划
• 市地重劃 / 市地重划
• 擘劃 / 擘划
• 擺劃 / 摆划 (bǎihua)
• 支劃 / 支划
• 教學計劃 / 教学计划
• 整齊劃一 / 整齐划一 (zhěngqíhuàyī)
• 比劃 / 比划
• 百劃 / 百划
• 程式規劃 / 程式规划
• 策劃 / 策划 (cèhuà)
• 筆劃 / 笔划 (bǐhuà)
• 籌劃 / 筹划 (chóuhuà)
• 線性規劃 / 线性规划 (xiànxìngguīhuà)
• 裁劃 / 裁划
• 規劃 / 规划 (guīhuà)
• 計劃 / 计划 (jìhuà)
• 謀劃 / 谋划 (móuhuà)
• 農地重劃 / 农地重划
• 重劃 / 重划

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #10409”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “劃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huai (huai⁵／huai⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄏㄨㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huai
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄏㄨㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huåi
    • Wade–Giles: huai⁵
    • Yale: hwai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .huai
    • Palladius: хуай (xuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯/

Definitions

劃

1. Only used in 㓦劃／㓦划 (bāihuai).

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 劃

劃

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)^{←くわく (kwaku, historical)}
• Kun: くぎる (kugiru)、わかつ (wakatsu)

Compounds

• 劃(かく)然(ぜん) (kakuzen)
• 劃(かっ)期(き) (kakki)
• 企(き)劃(かく) (kikaku)
• 区(く)劃(かく) (kukaku)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
劃
かく Hyōgai
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 劃 – see the following entry.

【画かく】2 [noun] delimiter, demarcation, stopping point [noun] plan, strategy

(This term, 劃, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 劃 is mostly replaced by 画, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 劃 replaced by daiyōji 画

画

画一

画然

画定

画期的

企画

区画

計画

国連環境計画

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 劃 (MC hweak).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᅘᅬᆨ〮 (Yale: hhwóyk)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576	긋 (Yale: kus)	획 (Yale: hwoyk)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸwe̞k̚] ~ [hø̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [훽/획]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

劃

Wikisource 劃 (eumhun 그을 획 (geueul hoek))

1. hanja form^? of 획 (“to carve; to set in stone”)
2. hanja form^? of 획 (“to plan”)
3. hanja form^? of 획 (“to draw a line; to mark”)

Compounds

• 계획 (計劃, gyehoek)
• 구획 (區劃, guhoek)
• 기획 (企劃, gihoek)
• 점획 (點劃, jeomhoek)
• 필획 (筆劃, pilhoek)
• 획기적 (劃期的, hoekgijeok)
• 획수 (劃數, hoeksu)
• 획순 (劃順, hoeksun)
• 획연 (劃然, hoegyeon)
• 획일 (劃一, hoegil)
• 획책 (劃策, hoekchaek)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

劃: Hán Nôm readings: vạch, hoạch, đạch, gạch, hoa

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