字畫

See also: 字画

Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	draw; picture; painting
trad. (字畫)		字	畫
simp. (字画)		字	画

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ waa^6-2
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): si⁴ fa⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jī-ōe / lī-ōe / lī-ūi / jī-ōa
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zy-gho₆ / ⁶zy-wa₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhhuà
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-hua⁴
  - Yale: dz̀-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhhuah
  - Palladius: цзыхуа (czyxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ waa^6-2
  - Yale: jih wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ waa^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ wa^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² waː²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: si⁴ fa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ fa⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: jī-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixoe
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ ue³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: lī-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixoe
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ ue³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² ue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: lī-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ ui²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-ōa
  - Tâi-lô: jī-uā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixoa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ ua²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy-gho₆
  - MiniDict: zy^去 gho^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zz̩²³ ɦo¹¹/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy-wa₆
  - MiniDict: zy^去 wa^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /zz̩¹¹ ɦua⁵³/

Noun

字畫

calligraphy and painting
strokes of a Chinese character

Synonyms

(calligraphy and painting): 書畫／书画 (shūhuà)

Dialectal synonyms of 筆畫 (“stroke (of a Chinese character)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		筆畫, 字畫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	筆畫兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	筆畫兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	筆畫兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	筆畫
Cantonese	Hong Kong	筆畫
Huizhou	Jixi	筆畫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	筆畫
Southern Min	Xiamen	字劃, 筆劃
	Quanzhou	字劃, 筆劃
	Zhangzhou	筆劃
	Tainan	字劃 GT
Wu	Shanghai	筆劃
	Suzhou	筆劃
	Ningbo	筆劃
	Jinhua	筆劃

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 字畫 – see 字劃 (“strokes of a Chinese character”). (This term is a variant form of 字劃).