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IDENTITY

huàto draw; painting

HSK 2Top 2600

CORE MEANING

to draw; painting

Part of speech
verb
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.to drawHSK2
  2. 2.paintingHSK3

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
field radical (tián)
strokes
8
Structure
top-bottom compound
IDS sequence
⿱一⿶凵田
    • top stroke
    • open frame
    • field; the framed canvas area

USAGE

Common words

画画huàhuàto draw
画家huàjiāpainter; artist
漫画mànhuàcomic

Graded examples

  • 他画了一只猫。Tā huà le yì zhī māo.HSK2

    He drew a cat.

RELATIONS

In these chengyu

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

A field (田) drawn within a frame (凵) — a picture.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#2600
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-14

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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