绘
to draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
9 strokes
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How 绘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “silk”) + 会 (phonetic, huì)
How to remember it
paint · Heisig RSH #2385
thread + meeting
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 会
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 会 (huì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会 sound component | huì | to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group |
| 烩 | huì | ragout; to braise, to cook |
| 桧 | guì | Chinese cypress, Chinese juniper |
| 脍 | kuài | minced meat, minced fish |
| 哙 | kuài | to swallow, to gulp down; greedy |
| 荟 | huì | abundant, flourishing |
| 刽 | guì | to amputate, to cut off |
| 狯 | kuài | sly, cunning, crafty |
| 鲙 | kuài | minced fish; hash |
| 浍 | kuài | ditch, trench, irrigation canal; river |
| 郐 | kuài | a state in Henan province |
Words containing 绘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电脑绘图 | diàn nǎo huì tú | computer graphics |
| 电脑辅助设计与绘图 | diàn nǎo fǔ zhù shè jì yǔ huì tú | computer-aided design and drawing |
| 绘文字 | huì wén zì | emoji |
| 架上绘画 | jià shàng huì huà | easel painting |
| 浮世绘 | fú shì huì | ukiyo-e |
| 绘架座 | Huì jià zuò | Pictor (constellation) |
| 手绘 | shǒu huì | to paint by hand; to draw by hand; hand-painted; hand-drawn |
| 绘本 | huì běn | picture book |
| 绘制 | huì zhì | to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc) |
| 绘声绘色 | huì shēng huì sè | vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic |
| 绘图 | huì tú | to chart; to sketch; to draft; to plot |
| 标绘 | biāo huì | to plot (on a chart); to mark |
| 绘画 | huì huà | to draw; to paint |
| 测绘 | cè huì | to survey and draw; to map |
| 彩绘 | cǎi huì | painted; colored painted-on designs |
| 描绘 | miáo huì | to describe; to depict; to portray |