勾 画

gōu huàdictionary entry

to sketch out / to delineate

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

勾畫勾画 [gou1 hua4] /to sketch out/to delineate/

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Other forms in these source records: 勾畫

勾
gōu
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gōu], hook
gòu
used in 勾當|勾当[gòu dàng]
Gōu
surname Gou
画
huà
to draw / to paint / picture / painting (CL:幅[fú],張|张[zhāng]) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[huà]) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[huà]) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[huà])

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