The kanji 画: meaning, readings and stroke order
画
- Meaning
- picture, stroke
- On reading
- ガ ga、カク kaku
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 田 field
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
- Old form
- 畫
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bức vẽ, nét chữ (họa)
- Japanese
- え。じの かく。
- Korean
- 그림, 획 (획)
- Chinese
- 画、笔画
Readings, words and example sentences
ガ ga · on reading
絵画
painting, pictures
絵画の 教室に 通って います。
I go to a painting class.
カク kaku · on reading
画数
number of strokes
この 字の 画数を 数えます。
I count the strokes in this character.
Practise writing 画 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 画 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.