画作 (huà zuō) — painting; artwork | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

paintingartwork

Measure word · 幅

画作。
Zhè fú huà zuō shì yì shù jiā zuì zhù míng de zuò pǐn zhī yī.
This painting is one of the artist's most famous works.
画作。
Wǒ tè bié xǐ huan zhè fú huà zuō de sè cǎi.
I really like the colors of this painting.
画作。
Bó wù guǎn lǐ zhǎn chū le hěn duō gǔ dài huà zuō.
The museum is showing many ancient paintings.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

画huàpainting

画 “painting” specifies 作 “work”, giving an artwork or picture.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 畫; 画 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

聿聿yùbrush

Sound part声符shēngfú

規

規guī畫huà

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 畫 pairs 聿, a brush, with 規 for its sound. The simplified 画 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the old parts.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻乍作

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

乍

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 亻 comes from 人, meaning 'person', and the right side 乍 gives the sound.

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