画図

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
畫圖 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (e, picture) +‎ (zu, drawing, diagram).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (ezuゑづ (wedu)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 絵図: a drawing, an illustration, a diagram, a design, a plan

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
畫圖 (kyūjitai)

/ɡwadu//ɡwadzu//ɡwazu/ → /ɡazu/

From Middle Chinese 畫圖 (MC hweaH|hweak du, literally “write, draw + diagram, picture”).

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (gazuぐわづ (gwadu)?

  1. a drawing, an illustration
Usage notes

More commonly encountered as 図画 (zuga).

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
畫圖 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 畫圖 (MC hweaH|hweak du, literally “write, draw + diagram, picture”). The shift in pronunciation for the second character, from earlier goon /zu/ to later kan'on /to/, may have been influenced by, or based on a reborrowing from, a later development in Chinese. Compare modern Mandarin reading huàtú, Min Nan ōa-tô͘.

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (gatoぐわと (gwato)?

  1. a drawing, an illustration

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN