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Mythic Mandarin

划算 (huá suàn): meaning and stroke order

划算 (huá suàn) means to calculate, to weigh (pros and cons), to view as profitable, worthwhile, value for money.

划算

Simplified
划算
Traditional
划算 (same form)
Pinyin
huá suàn

Stroke order of 划算

划

  • huá to row; to paddle
  • huá to cut; to slash
  • huà to delimit; to transfer
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 劃

Stroke by stroke

算

  • suàn to regard as; to figure
  • 14 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 划算

  1. huá suàn
    • to calculate
    • to weigh (pros and cons)
    • to view as profitable
    • worthwhile
    • value for money
    • cost-effective

Radicals of the characters

划
Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 6 strokes · 戈 on the left, 刂 on the right
算
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 14 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 𥃲 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

划算 in our stories

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  • 他马上就下了单，心里还想：“这么便宜，太划算了！”

    tā mǎshàng jiù xià le dān xīnli hái xiǎng zhème piányi tài huásuàn le

    He ordered it at once, thinking, "So cheap, what a bargain!"

    From the story The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4

Stories using 划算

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).