# 絵

| 絵 | U+7D75, &#32117; 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

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繪)
* picture

#### Readings

* Go-on: え (e, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
* 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.
Compare Wu 繪 / 绘 ($^6$we).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) え [éꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [e̞]

#### Noun

絵(え) • (e)
* 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: [ka̠i]

#### Affix

絵(かい) • (kai)
* picture, painting, drawing, sketch

### References

* ↑ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* 1 2 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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