Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

876 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: sketch, compose, write, draw, paint

Kunyomi: えが.く か.く

Onyomi: ビョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(てんびょう)   sketch (using stippling)

(そびょう)   rough sketch

(せんびょう)   line drawing

写する(びょうしゃする)   depict, portray, describe

く(えがく)   draw, sketch

Onyomi Examples

ビョウシャ depiction, description, portrayal

ビョウガ drawing, painting

センビョウ line drawing

ソビョウ drawing, sketch, outline, summary, synopsis

Kunyomi Examples

えがく to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

えがく to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)