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    3. 描

    描

    描えが.く

    sketch

    N1KMT7Freq #876Art & DesignKanji11 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    えが.くか.く

    On'yomi

    ビョウ

    sketchcomposewritedrawpaint

    扌苗

    扌
    手
    艹
    田

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    搭猫摸播擂捲掬採摸擂猫

    Alternative forms of this concept

    扌

    Concepts using this kanji

    描写

    depiction

    描く

    to draw

    思い描く

    to imagine

    絵を描く

    to paint a picture

    描き出す

    to delineate

    素描

    drawing

    手描き

    hand-drawn

    円を描く

    to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.)

    描出

    description

    描き手

    artist

    一元描写

    description from one perspective

    心に描く

    to imagine

    描写力

    power of description

    描法

    painting or drawing technique

    描き下ろし

    newly drawn artwork (illustrations, manga, etc.)

    描き下ろす

    to draw (original illustrations, artwork, etc.)

    下描き

    rough sketch used as a guideline for a picture

    再描画

    redraw

    描出話法

    represented speech

    点描

    sketching

    線描

    line drawing

    描き文字

    drawn lettering

    描画

    drawing

    描画パイプライン

    rendering pipeline

    描画ヘッド

    plotting head

    点描画

    pointillist painting

    心理描写

    psychological description

    描き直し

    new frame action

    描き足す

    to add to a drawing

    内面描写

    psychological depiction of a literary character

    実物描写

    model drawing

    点描主義

    pointillism

    白描

    plain sketch

    性格描写

    character portrayal

    自然描写

    description of nature

    線描画

    line drawing

    図を描く

    to draw a diagram

    描き起こす

    to begin drawing

    描線

    (drawn) line

    描画色モデル

    rendering colour model

    描き込み

    adding detail (to a drawing)

    描き込む

    to draw in detail

    描破

    depicting thoroughly

    人物寸描

    thumb-nail sketch

    描画像

    image

    輪を描く

    to form a circle

    絵にも描けない

    indescribable (e.g. beauty)

    絵に描いたよう

    the very picture of ...

    描像

    description

    寸描

    thumbnail sketch

    朱で描く

    to miniate

    粗描

    rough sketch

    描き眉

    painted eyebrows

    絵に描いた餅

    pie in the sky

    弧を描く

    to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass)

    描き溜める

    to accumulate (drawings, paintings, etc. that one has not yet published)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 扌
    • 手
    • 田
    • 艹

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    • 絵に描いた餅
    • 弧を描く
    • 自然描写
    • 心理描写
    • 素描
    • 人物寸描
    • 点描
    • 描き出す
    • 描き文字
    • 描画
    • 描写
    • 描出
    • 描く
    • 描破
    • 思い描く
    • 寸描
    • 線描
    • 内面描写
    • 描法
    • 白描
    • 円を描く
    • 実物描写
    • 図を描く
    • 描写力
    • 心に描く
    • 性格描写
    • 描像
    • 描き下ろす
    • 絵に描いたよう
    • 絵を描く
    • 再描画
    • 描き直し
    • 描画パイプライン
    • 描画ヘッド
    • 描画色モデル
    • 描画像
    • 朱で描く
    • 描き起こす
    • 下描き
    • 粗描
    • 線描画
    • 輪を描く
    • 描線
    • 点描画
    • 描き手
    • 描き眉
    • 描き下ろし
    • 絵にも描けない
    • 点描主義
    • 描出話法
    • 描き足す
    • 描き溜める
    • 描き込み
    • 描き込む
    • 一元描写
    • 手描き

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