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Mandarin · pinyin huà

to draw; to paint
picture; painting (Classifier: 幅 fú, 張 zhāng)
to draw (a line) (variant of 劃 huà)
stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃 huà)
(calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃 huà)

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畫: huà · delineate, painting, picture, drawing; draw
画: huà · a painting, picture, drawing; to draw

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