The kanji 描: meaning, readings and stroke order

描

Meaning: draw, depict
On reading: ビョウ byou
Kun reading: えが（く） egaku、か（く） kaku
Strokes: 11
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vẽ, miêu tả (miêu)
Japanese: えがく。えをかく。
Korean: 그리다 (묘)
Chinese: 画、描写

Readings, words and example sentences

ビョウ byou · on reading · less common

描びょう写しゃ
description, portrayal
この本は心の 描びょう写しゃが細かいです。
This book describes people's feelings in fine detail.

えが（く） egaku · kun reading

描えがく
to portray, to depict
むかしのくらしを 描えがきます。
The work shows what life was like long ago.

か（く） kaku · kun reading

描かく
to draw
ノートに顔を 描かきます。
I draw a face in my notebook.

Practise writing 描 in the app

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.