Entry
  1. to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom); mother's admirable dedication to her children's education

    trad. 畫荻教子

Also written 畫荻教子【huà dí jiào zǐ】

Characters in this word

4
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to draw; to paint, picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]), to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]), stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]), (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])

Pinyin
huà
Traditional
Strokes
8
Frequency
1144 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

Pinyin
Strokes
3
Frequency
2170 of 2500