picture · stroke

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 画 has 8 strokes and appears in words for pictures or moving images and for planning future actions.
• Basic usage: 映画 is read えいが, and 計画 is read けいかく.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Readings for a film and a plan
  • The 画 in 映画 is read が.
  • 映画を見た means watched a film.
  • The 画 in 計画 is read かく.
  • 旅行計画を家族で立てた means the family made a travel plan together.