Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 戈 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese 划 is also used to mean "cut, delimit, draw", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 劃.
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Chinese
划 [huá]
to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)
划 / 劃 [huá]
to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)
划 / 劃 [huà]
to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character
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CHINESE WORDS (87)
计划 [jìhuà] #377
plan
规划 [guīhuà] #6,982
to plan (how to do sth)
策划 [cèhuà] #3,490
to plot
划分 [huàfēn] #16,254
to divide up
计划生育 [jìhuàshēngyù] #22,915
family planning
划算 [huásuàn] #14,539
to calculate
筹划 [chóuhuà] #12,061
to plan and prepare
计划经济 [jìhuàjīngjì] #9,312
planned economy
划船 [huáchuán] #10,371
to row a boat
谋划 [móuhuà] #15,060
to scheme
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