描 — kanji meaning “sketch”
描
sketch, compose, write, draw, paint
- Meanings
- sketch, compose, write, draw, paint
- On'yomi
- ビョウ (byou)
- Kun'yomi
- えが.く、か.く
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #876 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- miáo — Chinese character page
Words with 描
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 描写 | びょうしゃ byousha | depiction; description; portrayal |
| 描く | えがく egaku | to draw; to paint; to sketch |
| 素描 | そびょう sobyou | drawing; sketch |
| 手描き | てがき tegaki | hand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted |
| 描き出す | えがきだす egakidasu | to delineate; to draw; to express |
| 思い描く | おもいえがく omoiegaku | to imagine; to picture; to figure |
| 描画 | びょうが byouga | drawing; painting |
| 線描 | せんびょう senbyou | line drawing |
| 点描 | てんびょう tenbyou | sketching |
| 描出 | びょうしゅつ byoushutsu | description; rendition |
| 描き直し | えがきなおし egakinaoshi | new frame action |
| 描線 | びょうせん byousen | (drawn) line; line in a drawing |
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