画 (egaku) Kanji Meaning: "Brush-stroke" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

N447 of 1668 strokes

Drawing: A picture in a frame.

画 means brush-stroke

picture

A picture in a frame.

On'yomi

  • ガga
  • カクkaku
  • エe
  • カイkai

Kun'yomi

  • えが(く)egaku
  • かく(する)kakusuru
  • かぎ(る)kagiru
  • はかりごとhakarigoto
  • はか(る)hakaru

How it's built

  • 一one
  • 由reason
  • 凵open box

Common words

  • 画かくstroke (of a kanji)
  • 画家がかpainter; artist
  • 字画じかくstrokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character
  • 映画えいがmovie; film

Through history

  1. Oracle bone script form of 畫Oracle bone
  2. Bronze script form of 畫Bronze
  3. Seal script form of 畫Seal
  4. Today
Written 畫 before Japan's postwar reform.

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