expression, Godan verb

  1. to paint a picture, to draw a picture.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
絵を描く えをかく
 
えが
 
絵を描く えをえがく
 
 
絵を書く えをかく
 
 
 
絵をかく えをかく
えをかく
絵をえがく
絵をえがく えをかく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

picture, drawing, painting
エ カイ (2nd, N3)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
meeting, meet, party
カイ あ.う エ (2nd, N4)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
say
ウン い.う ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
sketch, compose, write
えが.く か.く ビョウ (7th, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
seedling, sapling, shoot
なえ ミョウ ビョウ (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)