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<p><em><a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1469/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">劃</a></em></p>
<p><em>[4] [n] stroke (of a Chinese character</em>)</p>
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<p><em><a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/469/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">畫</a></em></p>
<p><em>[3] [n] stroke of a Chinese character</em></p>
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<p>For the meaning of 'pen stoke', it can be either. However, I prefer 劃.</p>
<p>When 劃 is used as a noun, it can only mean 'stroke'. meanwhile when 畫 is used as a noun, it means 'drawing' primarily.</p>

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Thanks. That makes things a bit clearer. Looks like I'll be going with 劃.
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<p>In the context of the audio on the page at <a href="http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/characterQueryResult.do?word=%E7%95%AB" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/characterQueryResult.do?word=%E7%95%AB</a> which reads out 共十二畫/劃, which is more correct when referring to stroke count: 畫 or 劃?</p>

<p>It seems that 畫 and 劃 are equivalent according to Yabla's Chinese English Pinyin Dictionary when looking up the term "筆劃"¹, but the more-complex 劃 character provides more accurate results when run through Google Translate. 畫 gets translated as "painting". On the other hand, Google Translate seems to indicate the wrong tone (tone 2) when using 劃.</p>

<p>¹<a href="https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php?define=%E7%AD%86%E5%8A%83" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php?define=%E7%AD%86%E5%8A%83</a></p>

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Which is correct when referring to stroke count: 畫 or 劃?
# Which is correct when referring to stroke count: 畫 or 劃?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-25)

In the context of the audio on the page at <http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/characterQueryResult.do?word=%E7%95%AB> which reads out 共十二畫/劃, which is more correct when referring to stroke count: 畫 or 劃?

It seems that 畫 and 劃 are equivalent according to Yabla's Chinese English Pinyin Dictionary when looking up the term "筆劃"¹, but the more-complex 劃 character provides more accurate results when run through Google Translate. 畫 gets translated as "painting". On the other hand, Google Translate seems to indicate the wrong tone (tone 2) when using 劃.

¹<https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php?define=%E7%AD%86%E5%8A%83>

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-02-25. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

> *[劃](http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1469/)*
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> *[4] [n] stroke (of a Chinese character*)

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> *[畫](http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/469/)*
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> *[3] [n] stroke of a Chinese character*

For the meaning of 'pen stoke', it can be either. However, I prefer 劃.

When 劃 is used as a noun, it can only mean 'stroke'. meanwhile when 畫 is used as a noun, it means 'drawing' primarily.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks. That makes things a bit clearer. Looks like I'll be going with 劃.  

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