描く

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

描く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かく, rōmaji kaku)

  1. to paint; to draw
  2. to picture; to portray; to depict

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
えが
Grade: S
kun’yomi

wegaku > egaku. Compound of (we, picture) + 書く (kaku, write). Literally "to write a picture", ie, "to draw". The kaku changes to gaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Verb

描く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana えがく, rōmaji egaku, historical hiragana ゑがく)

  1. to paint; to draw
  2. to picture; to portray; to depict
  3. to imagine
Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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