絵 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道9Elementary year 2 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- カイ・エかい・え · kai · e
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- picture, drawing
Stroke order
Origin
Many colored threads (糸) brought together (会) for embroidery → a picture.
Readings and examples
| Onカイかいkai | 絵画かいが |
|---|---|
| Onエえe | 絵本えほん絵図えず口絵くちえ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 絵本えほん
picture book
- 絵画かいが
painting
- 似顔絵にがおえ
- 影絵かげえ
- 挿絵さしえ
- 錦絵にしきえ
- 蒔絵まきえ
- 襖絵ふすまえ
Example
上手に 絵を かきます。
I draw pictures well.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)