Chinese symbol for “draw”
画
huà
Traditional: 畫
to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅 (fú),张 (zhāng)); to draw (a line) (variant of 划 (huà)); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划 (huà))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for draw is 画 (huà), defined as: to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅 (fú),张 (zhāng)); to draw (a line) (variant of 划 (huà)); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划 (huà)); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划 (huà)).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “draw”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 引 | yǐn | to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull |
| 绘画 (繪畫) | huì huà | to draw; to paint |
| 和 | hé | (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum |
| 绘 (繪) | huì | to draw; to paint; to depict; to portray |
| 绘制 (繪製) | huì zhì | to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 画.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漫画 (漫畫) | màn huà | comics; cartoon; caricature |
| 动画 (動畫) | dòng huà | animation; cartoon |
| 画面 (畫面) | huà miàn | scene; tableau |
| 计画 (計畫) | jì huà | variant of 计划 (jì huà) |
| 画家 (畫家) | huà jiā | painter; 个 (gè) |
| 绘画 (繪畫) | huì huà | to draw; to paint |
See also: Japanese symbol for “draw”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.