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Kanji Detail for 絵 - "picture, painting"

絵

  • Meaning

    絵 means "picture, painting." Also associated with pattern.

    1. Picture - To draw; to paint; to create colorful images; to embroider.

    2. Pattern - Design; coloring.

  • Words using 絵

    • 絵画 かいが Listen painting; picture
    • 絵本 えほん Listen picture book
    • 浮世絵 うきよえ Listen ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
    • 絵の具 えのぐ Listen paint; coloring materials; colors
    • 油絵 あぶらえ Listen oil painting
    • 挿絵 さしえ Listen illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
    • 踏み絵 ふみえ Listen fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample
    • 絵巻 えまき Listen picture scroll

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    • Verified meaning: picture, painting
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えに, かい, ぬい)
    • Also carries these associations: pattern

    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.

  • Name readings of 絵

    Given names 絵(えに)Listen 絵(かい)Listen 絵(ぬい)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    picture; drawing; painting; sketch

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    draw, sketch, paint

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 繪|绘

  • Onyomi

    tip

    e(エ) エ

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    picture pattern painting color drawing embroidery acrylic aesthetic art brush canvas composition craft create creativity design easel frame gallery illustration image landscape museum portrait produce

Sentences including 絵

  • The boy drew a picture on the wall.

  • The boy enjoyed painting a picture.

  • Put these pictures up us for wall , please.

  • I can recall seeing those pictures.

  • The picture looks better at a distance.

  • He showed me a picture of his own painting.

  • That painting is beautiful , and so is this one.

  • We have illustrated the story with pictures.

  • His eye fell on the picture on the wall.

  • He hung a picture on the wall.

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