描

描 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

sketch, compose, write, draw, paint

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌苗

描写びょうしゃ感情や情景などを小説・絵画・音楽などにより写し表すこと。depiction, description, portrayal
描くえがくto draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict
描き出すえがきだすto delineate, to draw, to express, to imagine
描画びょうが絵画を描くこと。drawing, painting
描出びょうしゅつ描き出すこと。description, rendition
描破びょうはdepicting thoroughly
描法びょうほうpainting or drawing technique
描像びょうぞう像を描くこと。また、その描いた像。description, picture
描線びょうせん(drawn) line, line in a drawing
描写力びょうしゃりょくpower of description, descriptive powers, ability to describe
描画像びょうがぞうimage
描き手かきてartist, painter, illustrator
描き眉かきまゆpainted eyebrows, pencilled eyebrows
描き文字かきもじdrawn lettering, sound effects lettering
描き直しえがきなおしnew frame action
描出話法びょうしゅつわほうrepresented speech
描き足すえがきたすto add to a drawing
描き込みかきこみadding detail (to a drawing)
描き込むかきこむto draw in detail, to add detail (to a drawing)
描き下ろすかきおろすto draw (original illustrations, artwork, etc.), to draw specially (for)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.