原画

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 原画 – see 原畫 (“original drawing”). (This term is the simplified form of 原畫).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	画
げん Grade: 2	が Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
原畫 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 原 (gen, “origin”) +‎ 画 (ga, “drawing; painting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋɡa̠]
• (Tokyo) げんが [gèńgá] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

原(げん)画(が) • (genga) ^{←げんぐわ (gengwa)?}

1. (art, drawing, painting) an original artwork

   レンブラントの原(げん)画(が)

   Renburanto no genga

   an original Rembrandt

2. (animation) a keyframe

   原(げん)画(が)を描(　か)く人(　ひと)

   genga o kaku hito

   a key animator

   原(げん)画(が)のデータを受(う)け取(と)った動(どう)画(が)マンはまず、動(どう)画(が)用(よう)のタイムシートを作(さく)成(せい)します。

   Genga no dēta o uketotta dōga man wa mazu, dōgayō no taimushīto o sakusei shimasu.

   After receiving the keyframes, the inbetweener then starts by making notes on an X-sheet for drawing in-between frames.

See also

• 動(どう)画(が) (dōga)
• キーフレーム (kīfurēmu)

References

• “原画”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026