Taxonomy of meanings for 畫:  

  • 畫 huà (OC: ɢʷreeɡs MC: ɦʷɯæ) 胡卦切 去 廣韻:【釋名曰畫挂也以五色挂物象也俗作𥁞胡卦切又胡麥切九 】
    • DEPICT
      • vtoNdraw, paint (a representation of something); decorate with painting
      • object>LINE
          • object>PICTURE
            • ndelineation, picture
            • vt[oN]paint pictures professionally; engage in the profession of painting
            • vtoN{PLACE}draw a picture in the place NCH
            • vtoNcontinuativecontinue to paintCH
            • abstract>PLAN
              • nabmentalplan
              • vtoNmake (a plan)
            • generalised>RESTRAIN
                • specific>STOP
                  • viconativetry to stop, want to stop, want to give upCS
                  • nabconativestandstillismCS
                  • nconativestandstillismCS
                • one's respect??>>>DESPISE
                  • vtoNtreat somebody without respect (?)
              • written> SIGNATURE
            • abstract>LIMIT
              • viactdraw the line??, set one's own limits??
              • causative>DIVIDE
                • vtoNdivide and delineate
          • with colour>PAINT
            • nabact(art of) painting
            • vadNpainted
            • vtoN{PLACE}draw a mark in
            • vtoNpaint in a certain colour, decorate in a certain colour
            • vtoNiussiveorder to be painted, have painted for one
      • 畫 huò (OC: ɢʷreeɡ MC: ɦʷɯæk) 胡麥切 入 廣韻:【計䇿也分也又胡卦切 】

        Additional information about 畫

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          Criteria
        • CARICATURE

          漫畫

        • PLAN

          1. The current general word for a planning process involving consultation among several people, and taking into account all aspects of a long term strategy for an individual or a state is móu 謀.

          2. Lu �慮 refers to a careful personal planning effort based on serious reflection.

          3. Tú 圖 suggests that the person who plans has the formal authority to take a decision.

          4. Jì 計 refers to planning involving calculations of relative advantages and disadvantages, and the planning typically or primarily concerns the actions of an individual.

          5. Guī 規 suggests that the planning is in order to ensure an orderly progress of things.

          6. Huà 畫 refers to an elaborated strategy that is fairly well-defined.

          7. Xīn 心 refers to a secret motivation or ultimate design, an aim in planning. See INTENTION

        • PICTURE

          1. The current general word for a pictorial representation of any kind is huà 畫.

          2. Tú 圖 refers prototypically to a diagram of something, as in a map, but the word can also refer to any - especially schematic - pictorial representation.

          3. Xiàng 象 refers to a symbolic diagrammatic image of something, and this image is sometimes invested with quasi-metaphysical significance. See IMAGE.

          Word relations
        • Contrast: (PICTURE)圖/PICTURE Tú 圖 refers prototypically to a diagram of something, as in a map, but the word can also refer to any - especially schematic - pictorial representation.
        • Assoc: (PAINT)刻/ENGRAVE Kè 刻 tends to be primarily to engrave in wood or ivory.
        • Assoc: (PICTURE)圖/PICTURE Tú 圖 refers prototypically to a diagram of something, as in a map, but the word can also refer to any - especially schematic - pictorial representation.
        • Assoc: (PLAN)計/PLAN Jì 計 refers to planning involving calculations of relative advantages and disadvantages, and the planning typically or primarily concerns the actions of an individual.
        • Assoc: (PLAN)計/PLAN Jì 計 refers to planning involving calculations of relative advantages and disadvantages, and the planning typically or primarily concerns the actions of an individual.
        • Synon: (PAINT)圖/PAINT
        • Synon: (DEPICT)圖/DEPICT