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Kanji Detail for 描 - "to draw, to describe"

  • Meaning

    描 means "to draw, to describe."

    1. To draw - To write; to write pictures or texts; to depict; to copy.

  • Words using

    • 描く えがく Listen to draw; to paint; to sketch
    • 思い描く おもいえがく Listen to imagine; to picture; to figure
    • 絵を描く えをかく Listen to paint a picture; to draw a picture
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    • Verified meaning: to draw, to describe
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sketch; compose; write; draw; paint

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    copy, trace, sketch; depict

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to copy, to depict, to sketch, to trace

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To trace. Colloquially, copying is 描. Such as children's calligraphy practice books being 描紅.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • The boy drew a picture on the wall.

  • The boy enjoyed painting a picture.

  • The child painted her father.

  • He painted the picture which is on the wall.

  • She is drawing a picture.

  • This is a picture of his own painting.

  • Is this a picture of your own painting?

  • Is this a picture that he drew by himself?

  • I want a room to paint a picture in.

  • I spent the afternoon painting a picture.

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