The kanji 絵: meaning, readings and stroke order

絵

Meaning: picture
On reading: カイ kai、エ e
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 12
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 2 · grade 2
Old form: 繪

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bức tranh (hội)
Japanese: え。
Korean: 그림 (회)
Chinese: 画儿、图画 (绘)

Readings, words and example sentences

カイ kai · on reading

絵かい画が
painting, fine art
絵かい画がの本を買いました。
I bought a book about paintings.

エ e · on reading

絵え
picture, drawing
妹が上手な絵えをかきました。
My little sister drew a great picture.

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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.