筆畫

See also: 笔画, 笔划, and 筆画

Chinese

		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-u̍ih / pit-oe̍h / pit-ōa
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷piq-waq

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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, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-u̍ih
    • Tâi-lô: pit-ui̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pit'uih
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ uiʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ uiʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-oe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: pit-ue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pit'oeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ ueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ueʔ²⁴/
  • (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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷piq-waq
    • MiniDict: pih^入 wah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴piq-hhuaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³³ ɦuaʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

筆畫

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

Synonyms

• (stroke): 點畫／点画 (diǎnhuà), 字畫／字画 (zìhuà); (Hokkien) 字劃／字划

Hyponyms

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
筆	畫
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 3	かく Hyōgaiji
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.)