漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
絵: picture, drawing
Also: painting, sketch
JLPT N312 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 会 gives the sound
12 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
カイkai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 絵画かいがpainting
エe · on'yomi
- 絵えdrawing, painting
- 絵はがきえはがきpicture postcard
- 絵描きえかきpainter
- 絵本えほんpicture book
- 油絵あぶらえoil painting
- 墨絵すみえink painting
- 浮世絵うきよえukiyoe print
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side絵 picture · 会
vs給 salary · 合In ChineseSimplified 绘 · traditional 繪 · huì
Three different forms: Japanese 絵, simplified 绘, traditional 繪.
- Simplified
- 绘 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 繪 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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