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Translingual
Han character
絵 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火人一戈 (VFOMI), composition ⿰糹会)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 924, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27464
- Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3394, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7D75
Chinese
Glyph origin
Simplified from 繪 (會 → 会).
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 絵 – see 繪 (“to draw; to sketch; to paint; to describe; to portray; to depict; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 繪). |
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References
Japanese
Kanji
絵
(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繪)
- picture
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
- 油絵 (aburae, “oil painting”)
- 絵柄 (egara, “pattern, print, design”)
- 絵心 (egokoro, “aptitude for painting; artistic taste”)
- 絵詞 (ekotoba, “words describing a picture”)
- 絵師 (eshi, “painter”)
- 絵図 (ezu, “painting, drawing, illustration”)
- 絵姿 (esugata, “portrait”)
- 絵素 (eso, “pixel”)
- 絵像 (ezō, “portrait”)
- 絵面 (ezura, “impression from a sight”)
- 絵筆 (efude, “paintbrush”)
- 絵本 (ehon, “picture book”)
- 絵馬 (ema, “ema, wooden plaque”)
- 絵文字 (emoji, “pictograph, emoji”)
- 絵画 (kaiga, “picture”)
- 口絵 (kuchie, “frontispiece”)
- 踏み絵 (fumie)
- 蒔絵 (makie, “maki-e”)
Etymology 1
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繪 (kyūjitai)
画
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/we/ → /e/
From Middle Chinese 繪 (MC hwajH). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.
Compare Wu 繪／绘 (6we).
Pronunciation
Noun
絵 • (e) ←ゑ (we)?
- picture, painting
- drawing, sketch
Usage notes
- The kanji 絵 and 画 (also pronounced e, but can also be pronounced as ga), both having the same meanings and on-readings, can be confusing. While 絵 is used to mean pictures in the "drawn" sense (for example, 挿絵 (sashie), "illustration"), it can also refer to art in front of the speaker, such as 浮世絵 (ukiyoe, “ukiyo-e”) or 蒔絵 (makie, “sprinkled lacquer”). 画 refers to art by extension, for example, 日本画 (nihonga, “Japanese painting”). Sometimes, both kanji can be interchanged, an example being 影絵, 影画 (kagee, “shadow play”)
Derived terms
Idioms
Etymology 2
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| 繪 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 繪 (MC hwajH). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
Affix
絵 • (kai) ←くわい (kwai)?
- picture, painting, drawing, sketch
References
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
Vietnamese
Chữ Hán
絵: Hán Nôm readings: gói, gối
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