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

Han character

絵 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 女火人一戈 (VFOMI), composition ⿰糹会)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 繪 (會 → 会).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 絵 – see 繪 (“to draw; to sketch; to paint; to describe; to portray; to depict; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 繪).

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

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03185-001

Japanese

Shinjitai	絵
Kyūjitai	繪

Kanji

絵

(Second grade 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)}
• Kun: えがく (egaku, 絵く)^{←ゑがく (wegaku, 絵く, historical)}

Compounds

• 油(あぶら)絵(え) (aburae, “oil painting”)
• 絵(え)柄(がら) (egara, “pattern, print, design”)
• 絵(え)心(ごころ) (egokoro, “aptitude for painting; artistic taste”)
• 絵(え)詞(ことば) (ekotoba, “words describing a picture”)
• 絵(え)師(し) (eshi, “painter”)
• 絵(え)図(ず) (ezu, “painting, drawing, illustration”)
• 絵(え)姿(すがた) (esugata, “portrait”)
• 絵(え)素(そ) (eso, “pixel”)
• 絵(え)像(ぞう) (ezō, “portrait”)
• 絵(え)面(づら) (ezura, “impression from a sight”)
• 絵(え)筆(ふで) (efude, “paintbrush”)
• 絵(え)本(ほん) (ehon, “picture book”)
• 絵(え)馬(ま) (ema, “ema, wooden plaque”)
• 絵(え)文(も)字(じ) (emoji, “pictograph, emoji”)
• 絵(かい)画(が) (kaiga, “picture”)
• 口(くち)絵(え) (kuchie, “frontispiece”)
• 踏(ふ)み絵(え) (fumie)
• 蒔(まき)絵(え) (makie, “maki-e”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
絵
え Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spellings
繪 (kyūjitai) 画

/we/ → /e/

From Middle Chinese 繪 (MC hwajH). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Compare Wu 繪 / 绘 (⁶we).

Pronunciation

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

• (Kyōto) えー [èé] (Teiki – [0])ZAJ

• (Kagoshima) え [é] (type B)ZAJ

Noun

絵(え) • (e) ^{←ゑ (we)?}

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) (kagee, “shadow play”)

Derived terms

• 絵空事(えそらごと) (esoragoto, “unrealistic fantasy, pipe dream”)
• 絵(え)の具(ぐ) (enogu, “paints, coloring material”)
• 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji, “pictograph”)

Idioms

• 絵(え)に描(か)いた餅(もち) (enikaitamochi, “pie in the sky, castle in the air”, literally “painted rice cakes”); see also 画餅(がべい) (gabei)
• 絵(え)に描(か)いたよう (enikaitayō, “perfect example or representation of”, literally “as if painted”)
• 絵(え)になる (eninaru, “to be perfect for a painting”, literally “to turn into a painting”)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative spelling
繪 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 繪 (MC hwajH). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

Affix

絵(かい) • (kai) ^{←くわい (kwai)?}

1. picture, painting, drawing, sketch

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絵: Hán Nôm readings: gói, gối

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