筆畫

See also: 笔画, 笔划, and 筆画

Chinese

Etymology 1

	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	draw; picture; painting
trad. (筆畫)	筆	畫
simp. (笔画)	笔	画
alternative forms	筆劃／笔划
anagram	畫筆／画笔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ waak⁶
Northern Min (KCR): bĭ-uà
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-ōa
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷piq-waq₈ / ⁷piq-waeq₈
- (Jinhua): ⁷piq-ueq₈

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐhuà
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-hua⁴
  - Yale: bǐ-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biihuah
  - Palladius: бихуа (bixua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    比畫 / 比画
    比劃 / 比划
    筆畫 / 笔画
    筆劃 / 笔划
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐhuàr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐhuàr
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-hua⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: bǐ-hwàr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biihuall
  - Palladius: бихуар (bixuar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ waak⁶
  - Yale: bāt waahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ waak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ wag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ waːk̚²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ-uà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴ ua⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-ōa
  - Tâi-lô: pit-uā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pit'oa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ ua²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ ua²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁷piq-waq₈
  - MiniDict: pih^入 wah^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴piq-hhuaq₅
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³³ ɦuaʔ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /piɪʔ⁵⁵ ɦuɐʔ³³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁷piq-waeq₈
  - MiniDict: pih^入 waeh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /piɪʔ⁴⁴ ɦuaʔ⁴⁴/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ⁷piq-ueq₈
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /piəʔ⁴⁴ uəʔ²¹²/

Noun

筆畫

stroke (of a Chinese character)
number of strokes

Synonyms

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

Hyponyms

(basic character strokes) 點 / 点 (diǎn), 橫 / 横, 豎 / 竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤 / 钩 (gōu), 彎 / 弯 (wān), 斜

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 筆畫 – see 筆劃 (“(Hokkien, Wu) stroke (of a Chinese character)”). (This term is a variant form of 筆劃).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
筆	畫
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 3	かく Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 筆畫 – see the following entry.

【筆画ひっかく】

[noun] stroke (of a Chinese character)

Alternative spelling
筆劃

(This term, 筆畫, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)