画风 (huà fēng) — (art) style; style of painting or illustration

Definition

Used for the visual style of a painting, illustration, or game — covers an artist's recognizable look and broader aesthetic trends (e.g. water-ink style). It refers to how something looks, not technique or skill.

noun
(art) stylestyle of painting or illustration

Examples

  • 画风，。
    Zhè wèi yì shù jiā de huà fēng fēi cháng dú tè, yì yǎn jiù néng rèn chū lái.
    This artist's style is very unique; you can recognize it at a glance.
  • 画风。
    Nà kuǎn yóu xì de zhěng tǐ huà fēng piān xiàng shuǐ mò fēng.
    The overall art style of that game leans toward an ink-wash aesthetic.
  • 画风。
    Zhè fú huà de huà fēng shēn shòu ōu zhōu gǔ diǎn zhǔ yì de yǐng xiǎng.
    The style of this painting is deeply influenced by European classicism.

Origin

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
风fēngstyle

画 names painting, and 风 gives style, so the whole means painting style.

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.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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