Kanji
描
N1
11 strokes
Grade 8
freq #876
sketch, compose, write, draw, paint
On'yomi (音読み)
ビョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
えが.く、 か.く
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
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
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
描き出す
えがきだす
to delineate; to draw
描く
えがく
to draw; to paint
思い描く
おもいえがく
to imagine; to picture
絵を描く
えをかく
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
手描き
てがき
hand-drawn; drawn by hand
Example sentences
彼（かれ）はそこで起（お）きたことを正確（せいかく）に描写（びょうしゃ）した。
He accurately described what happened there.
最近（さいきん）の漫画（まんが）は暴力（ぼうりょく）や性（せい）の描写（びょうしゃ）が多（おお）すぎる。
Recent comics have too many violent and sexual scenes.
彼（かれ）は自分（じぶん）で描（えが）いた絵（え）を見（み）せてくれた。
He showed me a picture of his own painting.
彼（かれ）は私（わたし）に、誰（だれ）がその絵（え）をかいたのか尋（たず）ねた。
He asked me who had painted the picture.