絵描き

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
絵 描
え
Grade: 2 		か
Grade: S
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
繪描き (kyūjitai)
絵書き
絵描
絵かき

Etymology

Compound of 絵(え) (e, “painting”) + 描(か)き (kaki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 描(か)く (kaku, “to paint; to draw”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

絵(え)描(か)き • (ekaki) ←ゑかき (wekaki)?

  1. artist; painter

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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