絵

See also: 繪 and 绘

絵 U+7D75, 絵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D75 ← 絴 [U+7D74] CJK Unified Ideographs 絶 → [U+7D76]

Translingual

Traditional	繪
Shinjitai	絵
Simplified	绘

Glyph origin

Simplified from 繪 (會 → 会).

Han character

絵 (radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火人一戈 (VFOMI), composition ⿰糸会)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 924, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27464
• Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3394, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7D75

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 絵 – see 繪 (“to draw; to sketch; to paint; to tie one's hair with various colors”). (This character, 絵, is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified form of 繪.)

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	絵
Kyūjitai	繪

Kanji

絵

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繪)

1. picture

Readings

• Go-on: え (e, Jōyō)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}

Compounds

• 絵(かい)画(が) (kaiga, “picture”)
• 絵(え)像(ぞう) (ezō, “portrait”)
• 絵(え)馬(ま) (ema, “ema, wooden plaque”)
• 絵(え)詞(ことば) (ekotoba, “words describing a picture”)
• 絵(え)文(も)字(じ) (emoji, “pictograph, emoji”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
絵
え Grade: 2
on’yomi

/we/ → /e/

From Middle Chinese 繪 (yuaih, reconstructed by some linguists as ɦuɑi^H).

The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

• 画

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) え​ [éꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞]

Noun

絵(え) • (e)  (historical kana ゑ)

1. picture, painting
2. drawing, sketch

Usage notes

The kanji 絵 and 画 (also pronounced e, but can also be pronounced as ga), both having the same meanings and on-readings, can be confusing. While 絵 is used to mean pictures in the "drawn" sense (for example, 挿(さし)絵(え) (sashie), "illustration"), it can also refer to art in front of the speaker, such as 浮(うき)世(よ)絵(え) (ukiyoe, “ukiyo-e”) or 蒔(まき)絵(え) (makie, “sprinkled lacquer”). 画 refers to art by extension, for example, 日(に)本(ほん)画(が) (nihonga, “Japanese painting”). Sometimes, both kanji can be interchanged, an example being 影(かげ)絵(え), 影(かげ)画(え) (kage-e, “shadow play”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
絵
かい Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 繪 (MC ɦuɑi^H).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

Affix

絵(かい) • (kai)  (historical kana くわい)

1. picture, painting, drawing, sketch

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Vietnamese

Han character

絵 (gói, gối)

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