描

音読おんよみ: ビョウ

訓読くんよみ: えが・か

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: てへん(扌)

Meaning

To draw / To sketch / To paint

Conjugation
Tap for 描く(えがく) Tap for 描く(かく)
  • えがく — to draw; to sketch
  • 描写びょうしゃ — description; depiction
  • 心象描写しんしょうびょうしゃ — psychological description
  • 情景描写じょうけいびょうしゃ — scenic description
  • ゆめえがく — to envision; to imagine a dream

The left part 扌 is the “hand” radical, showing an action done by hand. The right part 苗 gives the sound (ビョウ). Together, 描 suggests using the hand to form an image — to sketch, outline, or paint what’s in the mind.

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