挿絵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
挿	絵
さ(し) Grade: S	え Grade: 2
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Alternative spellings
插繪 (kyūjitai) 挿し絵

Etymology

挿(さ)し (sashi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 挿(さ)す (sasu, “to insert”)) + 絵(え) (e, “drawing”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ɕie̞]
• (Tokyo) さしえ [sàshíé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) さしえ [sàshíꜜè] (Nakadaka – [2])

Noun

挿(さし)絵(え) • (sashie) ^{←さしゑ (sasiwe)?}

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References

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