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畫 character · TOCFL 1
畫 ＝ 聿 ＋ 田
ㄏㄨㄚˋ · huà
verb — to draw; noun — a picture

字源 FORM — what the parts do

聿義a hand gripping a brush
田義a fieldthe strokes around it are its four borders, ruled in
A hand with a brush (聿) ruling the borders of a field (田) — 說文: 界也, to mark the line. From drawing boundaries to drawing anything, then the picture itself: 畫畫、一幅畫; a plan rules its lines first: 計畫.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

筆（聿）尖沿著田（田）邊走，一條線把兩家的地分開。
The brush (聿) tip travels the field's (田) edge — one line parts two families' land.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)畫界— to rule a boundary
→畫畫— to draw, to paint常用
→一幅畫、圖畫— the picture常用
⇒計畫— the plan — lines ruled first
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
晝zhòuthe lookalike — 晝 holds the sun 日 under the brush, daytime書＝ 聿 ＋ 曰shūthe third 聿 brother — the brush writing