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scratch

HSK 10
huà
カク
わ.かつ、くぎ.る
Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 畫 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (劃)
Meaning component
drawing
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Meaning component
dāo knife (side)
knife
刂 is a component form of 刀.
Simplified (划)
halberd+ knife (side) =
row, paddle
Phonetic component
halberd
halberd, spear, lance
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Meaning component
dāo knife (side)
knife
刂 is a component form of 刀.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [huá]
to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)
/ [huà]
to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character
Japanese
(rare) かく 同音
nouncounter stroke (of a kanji)
Example Sentences