絵 — kanji meaning “picture”
絵
picture, drawing, painting, sketch
- Meanings
- picture, drawing, painting, sketch
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)、エ (e)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #895 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- huì
Words with 絵
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 絵画 | かいが kaiga | painting; picture |
| 絵本 | えほん ehon | picture book |
| 絵葉書 | えはがき ehagaki | picture postcard |
| 絵の具 | えのぐ enogu | paint; coloring materials; colors |
| 油絵 | あぶらえ aburae | oil painting |
| 絵柄 | えがら egara | pattern; design |
| 挿絵 | さしえ sashie | illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture |
| 浮世絵 | うきよえ ukiyoe | ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print |
| 絵師 | えし eshi | painter; artist |
| 影絵 | かげえ kagee | shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph |
| 絵図 | えず ezu | illustration; drawing |
| 絵巻 | えまき emaki | picture scroll |
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