画図

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
画 図
え
Grade: 2		 ず
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Compound of 画 (e, “picture”) +‎ 図 (zu, “drawing, diagram”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

画図 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 畫圖, hiragana えず, rōmaji ezu, historical hiragana ゑづ)

  1. Alternative spelling of 絵図: a drawing, an illustration, a diagram, a design, a plan

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
画 図
が
Grade: 2		 ず
Grade: 2
on’yomi

/ɡwadu/ → /ɡwadzu/ → /ɡwazu/ →　/ɡazu/

From Middle Chinese 畫圖 (MC ɦˠuɛH|ɦˠwɛk̚ duo, literally “write, draw + diagram, picture”).

Pronunciation

Noun

画図 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 畫圖, hiragana がず, rōmaji gazu, historical hiragana ぐわづ)

  1. a drawing, an illustration
Usage notes

More commonly encountered as 図画 (zuga).

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
画 図
が
Grade: 2		 と
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 畫圖 (MC ɦˠuɛH|ɦˠwɛk̚ duo, literally “write, draw + diagram, picture”). The shift in pronunciation for the second character, from earlier goon /zu/ to later kan'on /to/, may have been influenced by, or based on a reborrowing from, a later development in Chinese. Compare modern Mandarin reading huàtú, Min Nan ōa-tô͘.

Pronunciation

Noun

画図 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 畫圖, hiragana がと, rōmaji gato, historical hiragana ぐわと)

  1. a drawing, an illustration

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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