# 画

| 画 | U+753B, &#30011; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-753B |
| ← 町 [U+753A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 甼 → [U+753C] |
| 画 | U+FAA3, &#64163; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAA3 |
| ← 甆 [U+FAA2] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 瘝 → [U+FAA4] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 畫 |
| Simplified | 画 |
| Japanese | 画 |
| Korean | 畵 |

### Alternative forms

* Note that, in Japanese script, the central vertical stroke is the fourth stroke and goes above the third stroke, creating a central 由; in simplified Chinese, the vertical stroke is the fifth stroke and does not go above the third stroke, forming a central 田 instead.

### Glyph origin

Seemingly from 畵 with 𦘒 omitted.

### Han character

画 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一山田 (MUW), four-corner 1077$_0$, composition ⿱一𰢵(GT) or ⿱一⿶凵由(JK))

#### Derived characters

* 婳 㓰 𠵾 𢛯 𫽇 𣶩 𡳒 𪽗 𤳰 𰬠

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 759, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21739
* Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2530, character 5
* Unihan data for U+753B
* Unihan data for U+FAA3

## Chinese
### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 画 – see 畫 (“to write; to draw; to paint; to divide by a line; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 畫).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02650-002

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 画 |
| Kyūjitai | 畫 |

### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 畫)

#### Readings

On'yomi derived from Middle Chinese /ɦˠuɛ$^H$/ with departing tone (去聲 / 去声 (qùshēng)):
* Go-on: え (e)、が (ga, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
On'yomi derived from Middle Chinese /ɦˠwɛk̚/ with entering tone (入聲 / 入声 (rùshēng)):
* Go-on: わく (waku)
* Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
Kun'yomi:
* Kun: え (e, 画)、えがく (egaku, 画く)、かぎる (kagiru, 画る)、かく (kaku, 画く)、はかる (hakaru, 画る)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 画
* が Grade: 2
* goon
* Alternative spelling
* 畫 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 畫 (MC hweaH).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) が [gáꜜ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɡa̠]

#### Noun

画(が) • (ga)
* picture, drawing, painting
    Synonym: 絵
* movie, film, video

#### Suffix

画(が) • (-ga)
* genre or style of painting
    風景画 ― fuukeiga ― landscape
    静物画 ― seibutsuga ― still life
    西洋画 ― seiyouga ― Western painting
    日本画 ― nihonga ― Japanese painting

#### Compounds

* 映(えい)画(が) (eiga, “movie”)
* 絵(かい)画(が) (kaiga)
* 画家(がか) (gaka, “painter; artist”)
* 画架(がか) (gaka, “easel”)
* 画(が)角(かく) (gakaku)
* 画(が)工(こう) (gakō, “painter; artist”)
* 画(が)材(ざい) (gazai, “art supplies”)
* 画(が)質(しつ) (gashitsu)
* 画(が)集(しゅう) (gashū, “art book”)
* 画(が)商(しょう) (gashō, “art dealer”)
* 画(が)帖(じょう) (gajō, “picture album”)
* 画素(がそ) (gaso, “pixel”)
* 画(が)像(ぞう) (gazō, “image”)
* 画(が)伯(はく) (gahaku)
* 画(が)板(ばん) (gaban)
* 画眉(がび) (gabi)
* 画(が)餅(べい) (gabei, “something useless”, literally “picture of rice cakes”)
* 画(が)舫(ぼう) (gabō)
* 画(が)面(めん) (gamen)
* 画(が)竜(りょう) (garyō)
* 画(が)竜(りょう)点(てん)睛(せい) (garyō tensei, “finishing touches”, literally “adding the eyes to a painting of a dragon”)
* 画(が)廊(ろう) (garō, “art gallery”)
* 画(が)楼(ろう) (garō)
* 図画(ずが) (zuga)
* 動(どう)画(が) (dōga)
* 版(はん)画(が) (hanga, “art print”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 画
* かく Grade: 2
* kan'on
* Alternative spelling
* 劃 (dated)
画 is a daiyōji replacing 劃.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かく [kàkú] (Heiban – [0]) “stroke”
* (Tokyo) かく [kàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2]) “stroke”
* IPA: [ka̠kɯ̟]

#### Noun

画(かく) • (kaku)
* delimiter, demarcation, stopping point
    区画 ― kukaku ― division; (city) block; plot (of land)
* plan, strategy
    計画 ― keikaku ― plan; project; schedule; program
    画策 ― kakusaku ― planning; scheming

#### Compounds

* 画(かく)一(いつ) (kakuitsu)
* 画(かく)策(さく) (kakusaku)
* 画(かく)然(ぜん) (kakuzen)
* 画(かく)定(てい) (kakutei, “demarcation”)
* 画(かっ)期(き) (kakki, “end of an era”)
* 画(かっ)期(き)的(てき) (kakkiteki)
* 企(き)画(かく) (kikaku)
* 区(く)画(かく) (kukaku)
* 計(けい)画(かく) (keikaku)
* 分(ぶん)画(かく) (bunkaku)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 画
* かく Grade: 2
* kan'on
* Alternative spelling
* 畫 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 畫 (MC hweak).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かく [kàkú] (Heiban – [0]) “stroke”
* (Tokyo) かく [kàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2]) “stroke”
* IPA: [ka̠kɯ̟]

#### Noun

画(かく) • (kaku)
* stroke (the individual lines and dots that comprise a kanji character)
    筆画 ― hikkaku ― stroke
* a line in the divinatory trigrams of the I Ching: "—" (陽) and "- -" (陰)

#### Counter

画(かく) • (-kaku)
* number of strokes in a kanji

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 画
* え Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 畫 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 画 – see the following entry. :
| 【絵え】2 | [noun] picture, painting [noun] drawing, sketch |
(This term, 画, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Hanja

画 (eumhun 그림 화 (geurim hwa))
* Alternative form of 畫

### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

画 (eumhun 그을 획 (geueul hoek))
* Alternative form of 畫