# 划

| 划 | U+5212, &#21010; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5212 |
| ← 刑 [U+5211] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 刓 → [U+5213] |

## Translingual
### Han character

划 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈中弓 (ILN), four-corner 5200$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (hua$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waa$^4$ / waa$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huá
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huá
*** Wade–Giles: hua$^2$
*** Yale: hwá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
*** Palladius: хуа (xua)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waa$^4$ / waa$^1$
*** Yale: wàh / wā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waa$^4$ / waa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wa$^4$ / wa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | waa$^4$ |
* 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

* “Entry #2116”, 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

(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

* Nom Foundation