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English translations
talk, to talk, words, to tell
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 话 ( huà ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers. This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
话 ( hua / huà ) in traditional characters
話
Character complexity
话 is composed of 8 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
word | tongue
话 ( hua / huà ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 132)
Chinese example words containing the character 话 ( hua / huà )
打电话 ( dă diànhuà = to call somebody (on the phone) ),电话 ( diànhuà = telephone ),电话簿 ( diànhuàbù = telephone directory ),电话号码 ( diànhuàhàomă = telephone number ),电话卡 ( diànhuàkă = phone card ),电话亭 ( diànhuàtíng = telephone booth ),电话线 ( diànhuàxiàn = telephone cord ),对话 ( duìhuà = dialogue ),挂电话 ( guàdiànhuà = to hang up the phone ),话剧 ( huàjù = spoken drama ),会话 ( huìhuà = conversation ),接电话 ( jiē diànhuà = to receive a call ),普通话 ( pŭtōnghuà = Putonghua language ),说话 ( shuōhuà = to speak ),笑话 ( xiàohua = joke )
Other characters that are pronounced huà in Chinese