Moto 絵: Picture; Drawing; PaintingKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カイ、エ
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 231 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カイ・エ)
- 絵えpicture; drawing
- 絵画かいがpainting; picture
- 絵本えほんpicture book
- 絵の具えのぐpaint; coloring materials
- 油絵あぶらえoil painting
- 踏み絵ふみえfumi-e; fumie
- 絵巻えまきpicture scroll
- 下絵したえrough sketch; cartoon
- 似顔絵にがおえportrait; likeness
- 墨絵すみえink painting
- 影絵かげえshadow picture; silhouette
- 枕絵まくらえerotic picture
- 油絵の具あぶらえのぐoil paints; oil colors (colours)
- 絵ときえときexplanation of a picture
- 絵はがきえはがきpicture postcard
- 絵を描くえをかくto paint (draw) a picture
- 絵入りえいりillustrated; pictorial
- 絵図えずillustration; drawing
- 絵巻物えまきものpicture scroll
- 絵師えしpainter; artist
- 絵柄えがらpattern; design
- 絵空事えそらごとfabrication; pipe dream
- 絵筆えふでpaintbrush
- 絵葉書えはがきpicture postcard
- 絵解きえときexplanation of a picture
- 絵馬えまvotive picture (originally of horse)
- 錦絵にしきえnishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
- あぶな絵あぶなえsuggestive, erotic, or indecent ukiyo-e woodblock print
- おもちゃ絵おもちゃえomocha-e; woodblock-printed picture intended as a toy for children
- お絵かきおえかきdrawing; painting
- お絵かきチャットおえかきチャットpaint chat; Internet chat room where users can draw pictures
- お絵描きおえかきdrawing; painting
- お絵書きおえかきdrawing; painting
- さし絵さしえillustration (e.g. book); picture
- しかけ絵本しかけえほんpop-up book
- だまし絵だましえtrompe l'oeil
- ちぎり絵ちぎりえchigiri-e; collage of pieces of colored paper
- つくり絵つくりえtsukuri-e; painting technique with initial lines painted over by opaque color and redrawn later
- なまず絵なまずえwoodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)
- ぬり絵ぬりえpicture for coloring in (colouring)
- やまと絵やまとえYamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)
- アクリル絵の具アクリルえのぐacrylic paint
- ガラス絵ガラスえpicture painted on glass; stained glass
- タイル絵タイルえpictures painted on tiles
- ドット絵ドットえpixel art; pixel graphics
- ペンキ絵ペンキえpicture painted with oil paint (esp. a landscape mural in a public bath)
- ポップアップ絵本ポップアップえほんpop-up book
- ポンチ絵ポンチえcartoon; caricature
- 三枚絵さんまいえtriptych
- 上方絵かみがたえkamigata-e; ukiyo-e prints from the Kamigata area (modern day Osaka, Kyoto)
- 上絵うわえprinted figures (on cloth or pottery)
- 下絵の具したえのぐunderglaze color; underglaze colour
- 九絵くえlongtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)
- 仏教絵画ぶっきょうかいがBuddhist painting
- 仕掛け絵本しかけえほんpop-up book
Other readings
- 浮世絵うきよえukiyo-e; ukiyoe
- 挿絵さしえillustration (e.g. book); picture
- 絵文字えもじemoji
- 蒔絵まきえgold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
- アクリル絵具アクリルえのぐacrylic paint
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