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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

895 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: picture, drawing, painting, sketch

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: カイ, エ

Composition: 糸 会

絵

Radical

Radical: 糸

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Reading: いとへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

絵画(かいが)   painting

絵(え)   drawing, painting

絵はがき(えはがき)   picture postcard

絵描き(えかき)   painter

絵本(えほん)   picture book

油絵(あぶらえ)   oil painting

墨絵(すみえ)   ink painting

浮世絵(うきよえ)   ukiyoe print

Onyomi Examples

絵画 (カイガ) painting, picture

絵画館 (カイガカン) art or picture gallery

絵 (エ) picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage

絵の具 (エノグ) paint, coloring materials, colors, colours

巴 (トモエ) tomoe, heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures

踏み絵 (フミエ) fumi-e, fumie, tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample, allegiance test, loyalty test

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