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

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• 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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  • (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/

Noun

筆畫

1. stroke (of a Chinese character)
2. 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
	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
	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.)