劃
- to draw, to carve, to divide;
Etymology
It is an ideogrammic compound, consisting of:
畫 (hwa, “picture, to draw”);
刀 (do, “knife”).
The idea is “to slash or draw lines with a knife as if drawing a picture,” hence the meaning “to mark, to draw lines, to carve.”
Usage in Korean
Still extremely common in compounds relating to planning and dividing.
획정 (劃定) – to set, to demarcate, to define
계획 (計劃) – plan, scheme
분획 (分劃) – division, apportionment
구획 (區劃) – partition, zoning, boundary marking
Words that derived from 劃
Additional notes
Closely tied to 畫 (화) in etymology, but in Korean usage clearly distinguished:
畫 - picture, painting, plan
劃 - stroke, marking, demarcation
Alternative forms
㓰 is a variant of 劃, but rarely used.
Although 畫 also historically had the gloss “그을 획” (to draw a line), in Korean it is now almost always restricted to “그림 화” (picture, drawing).
劃
그을
획
geueul
hoek
Kangxi radical:18, 刀 + 12
Strokes:14
Unicode:U+5283
Cangjie input:
- 中一中弓 (LMLN)
Composition:
- ⿰ 畫 刂