Chinese

計劃

jìhuà

to plan

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Attestable in Classical Chinese texts. Popularized from Japanese 計画(けいかく) (keikaku).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

characterChinese計 “to calculate; to count”
- ideaChinese言 “to say; to speak; to talk”
- ideaChinese十 “ten”
characterChinese劃 “to delimit; to differentiate；to divide; to mark off”
- soundChinese畫 “to write; to draw; to paint”
  - meaningChinese聿 “original form of 筆／笔 (bǐ, “writing brush; pencil”)”
  - soundChinese規 “dividers; measuring compass”
    - componentChinese夫 “male adult; man”
    - componentChinese見 “to see”
      - componentChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
      - componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”
- meaningChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”