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描

JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #876

Meanings

Sketch, Compose, Write, Draw, Paint

Radicals

扌

Decomposition

⿰扌苗

Etymology

Pictophonetic: hand

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical right-to-left

6 vertical right-to-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ビョウ byou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

えが ega

か ka

Words Using This Kanji

54 words total

Other (14 words)

輪を描くわをかく

to form a circle

描線びょうせん

(drawn) line

点描画てんびょうが

pointillist painting

描き眉かきまゆ

painted eyebrows

描き手かきて

artist

描き下ろしかきおろし

newly drawn artwork (illustrations, manga, etc.)

絵にも描けないえにもかけない

indescribable (e.g. beauty)

点描主義てんびょうしゅぎ

pointillism

描出話法びょうしゅつわほう

represented speech

描き足すえがきたす

to add to a drawing

描き込みかきこみ

adding detail (to a drawing)

描き込むかきこむ

to draw in detail

一元描写いちげんびょうしゃ

description from one perspective

手描きてがき

hand-drawn

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