HSK 5 · Sport

划 huá “to row” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 划 means

  1. to row
  2. to paddle
  3. to scratch
  4. profitable
  5. worth (the effort)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • it pays (to do sth)

How to say 划

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale划huá2nd tone, rising

划 in a sentence

  1. 周末我们去湖上划船了。

    Zhōumò wǒmen qù hú shàng huáchuán le.

    At the weekend we went rowing on the lake.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他划了一根火柴。

    Tā huá le yì gēn huǒchái.

    He struck a match.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 划 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 划 (huà) with each of its parts in a different colour
划huáto row
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 划

划 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

划 (huá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 划 (huá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 划

Words with 划

计划jìhuà · plan划分huàfēn · to divide策划cèhuà · to plan规划guīhuà · plan

More words: Sport & Leisure

钓diào · to fish with a hook and bait对手duìshǒu · opponent冠军guànjūn · champion合影héyǐng · to take a joint photo健身jiànshēn · to work out纪录jìlù · record (e.g. a sporting record)教练jiàoliàn · instructor俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)

FAQs

划 (huá) means “to row” or “to paddle”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it huá: huá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 划 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 划 from the suggestions. Typing hua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
划 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.