Chinese symbol for “painting”
画作
huà zuò
Traditional: 畫作
painting; picture
The closest CC-CEDICT match for painting is 画作 (huà zuò), defined as: painting; picture.
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 “painting”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 画幅 (畫幅) | huà fú | painting; picture |
| 丹青 | dān qīng | painting |
| 美术 (美術) | měi shù | art; fine arts |
| 画儿 (畫兒) | huà r | picture; drawing |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 画作.
| 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 |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 作为 (作為) | zuò wéi | one's conduct; deed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “painting”.
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.