TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
劃
劃 ＝ 畫 ＋ 刂
ㄏㄨㄚˋ · huà/huá
verb — to demarcate, plan; (huá) to scratch, strike
字源 FORM — what the parts do
畫聲huà — gives the sound exactly, and the line being drawna hand with a brush marking field boundaries
刂義a knife
A knife (刂) beside the drawn line (畫) — to score, to cut a boundary. Read huá, the stroke itself: 劃破、劃火柴; read huà, the lines drawn ahead: 劃分、計劃.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
刀尖（刂）沿著田界拉過去——一道線（畫），這邊歸這邊，那邊歸那邊。
The knife point (刂) runs along the field boundary — one line (畫), and this side is this side, that side that.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
huà
(引申)劃分、規劃— to demarcate; to plan — lines drawn ahead常用
huá
(本義)刀劃——劃破、劃火柴— to score with a blade; to strike a match
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension