huì

to draw; to paint

to depict; to portray

silk thread (纟) + sound: huì (会) = to draw and paint

The silk radical anchors the idea of weaving threads together into a pattern — drawing as a kind of visual weaving. 会 gives the sound huì and carries no pictorial meaning here.

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Silk threadSemantic

这幅地图是由专家制的。

zhè fú dì tú shì yóu zhuān jiā huì zhì de。

This map was drawn by an expert.

他用几笔出了山水的轮廓。

tā yòng jǐ bǐ huì chū le shān shuǐ de lún kuò。

He sketched the outline of the landscape with a few strokes.

Words with 绘

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

彩绘

cǎi huì

painted

手绘

shǒu huì

to paint by hand; to draw by hand

描绘

miáo huì

to describe; to depict; to portray

架上绘画

jià shàng huì huà

easel painting

标绘

biāo huì

to plot (on a chart)

测绘

cè huì

to survey and draw

浮世绘

fú shì huì

ukiyo-e

绘图

huì tú

to chart; to sketch; to draft; to plot

绘文字

huì wén zì

emoji

绘本

huì běn

picture book

More characters with 纟

绿