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描

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • sketch
  • compose
  • write
  • draw
  • paint

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ビョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • えが.く
  • か.く
Strokes
11
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#692
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
手#64 · hand

Components

Common Words

  • 描写びょうしゃNoun
    depiction, description, portrayal
  • 描くえがくGodan verb
    to draw, to paint, to sketch
  • 思い描くおもいえがくGodan verb
    to imagine, to picture, to figure
  • 絵を描くえをかくExpression
    to paint a picture, to draw a picture
  • 素描そびょうNoun
    drawing, sketch
  • 描き出すえがきだすGodan verb
    to delineate, to draw, to express
  • 線描せんびょうNoun
    line drawing
  • 手描きてがきno-adjective
    hand-drawn, drawn by hand, hand-painted

Practice in Kanjiru

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