描
描 — Sketch
sketch, compose, write, draw, paint
On’yomiビョウ (byou)
Kun’yomiえがく (egaku)
Kun’yomiかく (kaku)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 描
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 描写 | びょうしゃ byousha | depiction; description; portrayal |
| 描く | えがく egaku | to draw; to paint; to sketch |
| 思い描く | おもいえがく omoiegaku | to imagine; to picture; to figure |
| 絵を描く | えをかく ewokaku | to paint a picture; to draw a picture |
| 素描 | そびょう sobyou | drawing; sketch; outline |
| 描き出す | えがきだす egakidasu | to delineate; to draw; to express |
Study notes
描 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #876 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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