划

See also: 劃, 画, and 畫

划	U+5212, 划 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5212

← 刑
[U+5211]

CJK Unified Ideographs

刓 →
[U+5213]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

𭇞, 𭠤

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 137, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1893
Dae Jaweon: page 309, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 326, character 2
Unihan data for U+5212

Chinese

simp. and trad.		划

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
戕	kaːl, ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
戈	*koːl
划	koːlʔ, koːls, *ɡroːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːlʔ, *koːls, *ɡroːl): phonetic 戈 (OC *koːl) + semantic 刀.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huá (hua²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ / waa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôa

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: waa⁴ / waa¹
  - Yale: wàh / wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ / waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ / wa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹/, /waː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôa
  - Tâi-lô: huâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²³/

Middle Chinese: hwae

Rime
Character	划
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸花切
Baxter	hwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨ/
Li Rong	/ɣua/
Wang Li	/ɣwa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waa⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[ɡ]ʷˤraj/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	划
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huá
Middle Chinese	‹ hwæ ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[ɡ]ʷˁraj/ (?)
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
Reading #	3/3
No.	3834
Phonetic component	戈
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	華
Old Chinese	/*ɡroːl/

Definitions

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

Compounds

不划算
划不來
划子 (huázi)
划得來 (huádelái)
划拳 (huáquán)
划木
划槳 (huájiǎng)
划算 (huásuàn)
划船 (huáchuán)
划船運動 / 划船运动
划艇 (huátǐng)
划行
划龍舟
小划子
橫河划子
汽划子
猜三划五
砲划子
腳划船
蛋划

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò
  - Tâi-lô: kò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ko⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ko¹²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹/

Definitions

划 (Hokkien)

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

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 划 – see 劃 (“to delimit; to differentiate；to divide; to mark off; to transfer; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 劃).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 划 – see 鐹 (“sickle”). (This character is a variant form of 鐹).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 划 – see 𠜴. (This character is a variant form of 𠜴).

References

“划”, 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.

Japanese

Kanji

划

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): か (ka)、げ (ge)
Kun: さおさす (saosasu)、かま (kama)、さく (saku)

Korean

Hanja

划 (eum 화 (hwa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

划: Hán Nôm readings: hoa, quả

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References

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