划

huà

to delimit

to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character

Halberd (戈) + blade (刂) = cut a line, mark a boundary

A halberd and a blade together evoke cutting through space to mark boundaries or assign territory. The slicing action extends naturally to drawing lines and delimiting areas.

戈+刂→划
刂KnifeSemantic
戈Ancient polearm with a curved bladeSemantic

老师用红笔在纸上划了一条线。

lǎo shī yòng hóng bǐ zài zhǐ shàng huà le yī tiáo xiàn。

The teacher drew a line on the paper with a red pen.

政府把这片土地划给了学校。

zhèng fǔ bǎ zhè piàn tǔ dì huà gěi le xué xiào。

The government transferred this piece of land to the school.

Words with 划

划破

huá pò

to cut open

计划

jì huà

plan

不划算

bù huá suàn

it isn't worth it

阿波罗计划

ā bō luó jì huà

the Apollo project (1961-1975), the NASA moon landing project

下划线

xià huà xiàn

underscore _

人类基因组计划

rén lèi jī yīn zǔ jì huà

Human Genome Project

企划

qǐ huà

to plan (a project)

共享计划

gòng xiǎng jì huà

joint project

具体计划

jù tǐ jì huà

a concrete plan

出谋划策

chū móu huà cè

to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)

划船

huá chuán

to row a boat

划算

huá suàn

to calculate

More characters with 戈

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