絵 – picture, drawing, painting

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The kanji 絵 means picture, drawing, painting, sketch. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ、エ (kai, e). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai
On’yomi	エ	e

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: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・二・个・厶.

Words using 絵

絵えpicture絵画かいがpainting絵の具えのぐpaint油絵あぶらえoil painting

Example sentences

あの絵を壁に掛けなさい。

Hang that picture on the wall.

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その絵画を見たらおもしろかった。

I found the picture interesting.

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赤い絵の具に青い絵の具を混ぜなさい。

Blend the red paint with the blue paint.

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Kanji with the same radical

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