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描 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

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4Junior high level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ビョウびょう · byō
Kun
えが.く・か.くega.ku · ka.ku
Meaning
sketch; depict

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 苗 "seedling": to trace a shape by hand — to sketch, to depict.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onビョウびょうbyō描写びょうしゃ素描そびょう点描てんびょう
Kunえがくegaku描くえがく描き出すえがきだす
Kunかくkaku描くえがく絵描きえかき

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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 描写びょうしゃ

    depiction; description

  • 素描そびょう

    a sketch

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この小説(しょうせつ)は町(まち)の様子(ようす)をよく描(えが)いている。

This novel depicts the town well.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

描写素描描写copy素elemen…払pay扱handle抗resist抜pull…抵resist妙exquis…平flat苗seedli…苹duckwe…杪a tree…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ビョウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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