Moto 描: Sketch; Compose; WriteKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ビョウ
- Kun'yomi
- えが(く)、か(く)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 69 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ビョウ)
- 描写びょうしゃdepiction; description
- 素描そびょうdrawing; sketch
- 線描せんびょうline drawing
- 人物寸描じんぶつすんびょうthumb-nail sketch
- 内面描写ないめんびょうしゃpsychological depiction of a literary character
- 再描画さいびょうがredraw
- 実物描写じつぶつびょうしゃmodel drawing
- 寸描すんびょうthumbnail sketch; brief sketch
- 心理描写しんりびょうしゃpsychological description
- 性格描写せいかくびょうしゃcharacter portrayal; characterization
- 描像びょうぞうdescription; picture
- 描写力びょうしゃりょくpower of description; descriptive powers
- 描出びょうしゅつdescription; rendition
- 描法びょうほうpainting or drawing technique
- 描画びょうがdrawing; painting
- 描画パイプラインびょうがパイプラインrendering pipeline
- 描画ヘッドびょうがヘッドplotting head
- 描画像びょうがぞうimage
- 描画色モデルびょうがいろモデルrendering colour model
- 描破びょうはdepicting thoroughly
- 描線びょうせん(drawn) line; line in a drawing
- 点描てんびょうsketching
- 点描主義てんびょうしゅぎpointillism
- 点描画てんびょうがpointillist painting
- 白描はくびょうplain sketch
- 粗描そびょうrough sketch
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 思い描くおもいえがくto imagine; to picture
- 描き出すえがきだすto delineate; to draw
- 描くえがくto draw; to paint
- 絵を描くえをかくto paint (draw) a picture
- お絵描きおえかきdrawing; painting
- 下描きしたがきrough sketch used as a guideline for a picture
- 円を描くえんをえがくto make a circle (e.g. draw, paint, describe, walk, drive, etc.)
- 図を描くずをかくto draw a diagram
- 墨描きすみがきinking the outlines of a picture
- 弧を描くこをえがくto draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
- 御絵描きおえかきdrawing; painting
- 心に描くこころにえがくto imagine; to envisage
- 手描きてがきhandwriting
- 描きおろしかきおろしpainting something on commission; drawing something on commission
- 描きだすえがきだすto delineate; to draw
- 描き上げるかきあげるto finish writing; to complete
- 描き下ろしかきおろしpainting something on commission; drawing something on commission
- 描き下ろすかきおろすto draw for a specific purpose; to draw for the occasion
- 描き分けるかきわけるto distinguish in writing; to use different writing styles
- 描き始めるかきはじめるto begin to write; to begin writing
- 描き手かきてartist; painter
- 描き溜めるかきためるto accumulate one's unpublished paintings or writings
- 描き直しえがきなおしnew frame action
- 描き眉かきまゆpainted eyebrows; pencilled eyebrows
- 描き起こしかきおこしopening words; opening sentence
- 描き起こすかきおこすto begin drawing; to begin painting
- 描き起しかきおこしopening words; opening sentence
- 描き起すかきおこすto begin drawing; to begin painting
- 素描きすがきuncolored sketch; line sketch
- 絵にも描けないえにもかけないindescribable (e.g. beauty)
- 絵に描いたようえにかいたようthe very picture of ...
Other readings
- 手描てがきhandwriting
- 描き文字かきもじdrawn lettering; sound effects lettering
- 朱で描くあかでえがくto miniate; to paint red
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