描 – sketch, compose, write

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#876 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 描 means sketch, compose, write, draw, paint. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ビョウ (byou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is えが.く、か.く (egaku, kaku). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ビョウ	byou
Kun’yomi	えが.く	egaku
Kun’yomi	か.く	kaku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 田・扎・艾.

Words using 描

描くえがくto draw描くかくto draw描写びょうしゃdepiction

Example sentences

やっと絵を描き終えた。

Finally, I finished a painting.

Tatoeba #193074

やっと絵を描き終えた。

Finally, I finished a painting.

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その美しさを言葉では描写できない。

Words cannot describe the beauty.

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Kanji with the same radical

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