画家

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See also: 畫家

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 画家 – see 畫家 (“painter; artist who specialises in drawing”).
(This term is the simplified form of 畫家).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
画 家
が
Grade: 2 		か
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
畫家 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 画(が) (ga, “picture, drawing, painting”) + 家(か) (-ka, “expert, professional, performer”).

First cited to 1799.

Pronunciation

Noun

画(が)家(か) • (gaka) ←ぐわか (gwaka)?

  1. painter

See also

References

  1. ^ “画家”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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