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描

描 — sketch, compose, write

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ビョウ
Kun
えがく, かく
Strokes
11
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 描

  • 描写びょうしゃdepiction; description; portrayalCommon

    その美しさを言葉では描写できない。
    Words cannot describe the beauty.

  • 素描そびょうdrawing; sketchCommon
  • 描くえがくto draw; to paint; to sketchCommon

    やっと絵を描き終えた。
    Finally, I finished a painting.

  • 思い描くおもいえがくto imagine; to picture; to figure; to seeCommon
  • 絵を描くえをかくto paint a picture; to draw a pictureCommon
  • 手描きてがきhand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted; painted by handCommon
  • 描き出すえがきだすto delineate; to draw; to express; to imagineOccasional
  • 線描せんびょうline drawingOccasional
  • 描画びょうがdrawing; paintingOccasional
  • 絵に描いたようえにかいたようthe very picture of ...Rare
  • 円を描くえんをえがくto make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in…Rare
  • 心に描くこころにえがくto imagine; to envisageRare
  • 描き手かきてartist; painter; illustratorRare
  • 下描きしたがきrough sketch used as a guideline for a pictureRare
  • 描き文字かきもじdrawn lettering; sound effects letteringRare
  • 図を描くずをかくto draw a diagramRare
  • 輪を描くわをかくto form a circle; to move in a circleRare
  • 描写力びょうしゃりょくpower of description; descriptive powers; ability to describeRare
  • 自然描写しぜんびょうしゃdescription of natureRare
  • 性格描写せいかくびょうしゃcharacter portrayal; characterizationRare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 55 words that use 描.

  • 描写 びょうしゃ depiction; description; portrayal
  • 描く えがく to draw; to paint; to sketch
  • 素描 そびょう drawing; sketch
  • 手描き てがき hand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted; painted by hand
  • 思い描く おもいえがく to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

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