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)

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)

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.^[1]^[2]

Compare Wu 繪／绘 (⁶we).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) え [éꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
IPA^(key): [e̞]

Noun

絵(え) • (e) ^{←ゑ (we)^?}

picture, painting
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)^?}

picture, painting, drawing, sketch

References

^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絵: Hán Nôm readings: gói, gối

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[1] Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-4] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[JEL-5] Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.

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