點畫

See also: 点画, 點劃, and 点划

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	draw; picture; painting
trad. (點畫)		點	畫
simp. (点画)		点	画
alternative forms		點劃／点划

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diǎnhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² waak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnhuà
  - Wade–Giles: tien³-hua⁴
  - Yale: dyǎn-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanhuah
  - Palladius: дяньхуа (djanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dim² waak⁶
  - Yale: dím waahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dim² waak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dim² wag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ waːk̚²/

Noun

點畫

strokes and dots (of a Chinese character)

Synonyms

筆畫／笔画 (bǐhuà)
(Hokkien) 字劃／字划

Verb

點畫

to point with the finger; to gesticulate
(literary) to embellish; to adorn

Japanese

Kanji in this term
點	畫
てん Hyōgai	かく Hyōgai
on'yomi

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

【点画てんかく】

[noun] stroke (of a Chinese character)

(This term, 點畫, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)