(huì): to draw, to paint, to depict, to portray

(huì) is a Chinese character meaning “to draw.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1792 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, silk. Its radical form (silk) appears in many related characters such as (, to connect), (lěi, to accumulate), (shào, to continue).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to draw
  2. to paint
  3. to depict
  4. to portray

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticsilk

Decomposition: ⿰纟会 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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9

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
verbmiáo huìto describe6
verbhuì huàto draw6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
huì zhìto draw
huì túto chart
cǎi huìpainted
cè huìto survey and draw
diàn nǎo fǔ zhù shè jì yǔ huì túcomputer-aided design and drawing
diàn nǎo huì túcomputer graphics
huì wén zìemoji
jià shàng huì huàeasel painting
huì běnpicture book
shǒu huìto paint by hand
huì shēng huì sèvivid and colorful (idiom)
huì jià zuòPictor (constellation)
biāo huìto plot (on a chart)
fú shì huìukiyo-e
16
Total compounds
44
As first character
38
As last character
19
As middle character

appears in 16 compound words: 44 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

miáo
0.68553,040 co-occurrences
huà
0.65749,891 co-occurrences
0.53314,334 co-occurrences
cǎi
0.4898,682 co-occurrences
zhì
0.48434,374 co-occurrences
0.45913,570 co-occurrences
diāo
0.4413,606 co-occurrences
0.4393,666 co-occurrences
0.4122,880 co-occurrences
qiáng
0.3651,152 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (2)

diàn nǎo huì túHSK 6+

computer graphics

phrase
huìshēnghuìsèHSK 6+

vivid; lively; lifelike

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

字虽然难写,但意思很有趣。

huì zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .

The character is difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.

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...I创意长图:“流动中国”春潮涌,文旅活力宏图

. . . I chuàng yì cháng tú : liú dòng zhōng guó chūn cháo chōng , wén lǚ huó lì huì hóng tú

... I creative long picture: "Flowing China" is surging in spring, and the vitality of cultural tourism is drawing a grand picture

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

【动物浮世】娜女子/鼻尖点亮的世界

dòng wù fú shì huì 娜 nǚ zǐ bí jiān diǎn liàng de shì jiè

【Animal Ukiyo-e】Na Woman/The World of the Tip of the Nose

三立新聞網Feb 2026

范逸臣寒风守候 田中千甜喊很幸福

fàn yì chén hán fēng shǒu hòu tián zhōng qiān huì tián hǎn hěn xìng fú

Fan Yichen waited in the cold wind, and Chie Tanaka shouted sweetly that he was very happy

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田中千恋情曾掀波 冻卵细节首次曝光

tián zhōng qiān huì liàn qíng céng xiān bō dòng luǎn xì jié shǒu cì pù guāng

Chie Tanaka's love affair once made waves, and the details of egg freezing were exposed for the first time

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...卷春风三地书 2026福建省春节联欢晚会万里风..

. . . juǎn chūn fēng sān dì shū 2 0 2 6 fú jiàn shěng chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì huì wàn lǐ fēng . .

... Scroll the Spring Breeze Three Places Book 2026 Fujian Spring Festival Gala Paints Ten Thousand Miles of Wind:

Tatoeba

她用画来装饰墙。

Tā yòng huìhuà lái zhuāngshì qiáng.

She decorated the wall with pictures.

Tatoeba

她对画有很好的鉴赏力。

Tā duì huìhuà yǒu hěn hǎo de jiànshǎnglì.

She's got a good eye for paintings.

Tatoeba

我不是诗人,无法用一行文字描它的美丽。

Wǒ bù shì shīrén, wúfǎ yòng yīxíng wénzì miáohuì tā de měilì.

I'm not a poet; I couldn't write a single line to depict its beauty.

Tatoeba

汤姆从他的画本上撕下了一页。

Tāngmǔ cóng tā de huìhuà běn shàng sī xià le yī yè.

Tom ripped a page out of his sketch book.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced huì

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 绘 (huì) mean in Chinese?
绘 (huì) primarily means "to draw." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #1792 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 绘 have?
绘 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 绘?
The radical associated with 绘 is 纟 (silk). This radical appears in many characters related to silk.
What are the components of 绘?
绘 is composed of: 纟 (semantic), 会 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰纟会 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 绘?
Common words with 绘 include: 描绘 (miáo huì, "to describe"); 绘画 (huì huà, "to draw"); 绘制 (huì zhì, "to draw"); 绘图 (huì tú, "to chart"); 彩绘 (cǎi huì, "painted"). There are over 16 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 绘 (huì)?
Several characters share the pronunciation huì: 灰 (ash, gray), 恢 (to restore), 挥 (to wave), 辉 (brilliant), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 绘 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 绘 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.