规划
guīhuà · HSK 5
plan
📋 规 = compass/rule + 划 = to plan/stroke; together = mapped-out plan
规 carries the sense of a standard or rule (originally a drafting compass), and 划 means to draw out or plan. Combined, 规划 is a deliberate, structured plan or program — more formal than 计划.
划 — knife radical 刂 + 戈 (dagger-axe)
Originally written 劃, a semantic-phonetic compound: 刂 (knife) gives the meaning of cutting or marking, while 畫 supplied the sound and the sense of drawing lines. The simplified form 划 reuses an older character meaning to row a boat. Today it covers both senses: huá (to row, to scratch) and huà (to mark off, to plan).