絵描き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絵	描
え Grade: 2	か Grade: S
on’yomi	kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
繪描き (kyūjitai) 絵書き絵描絵かき

Etymology

Compound of 絵(え) (e, “painting”) + 描(か)き (kaki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 描(か)く (kaku, “to paint; to draw”)).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) えかき [èkákíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [e̞ka̠kʲi]

Noun

絵(え)描(か)き • (ekaki) ^{←ゑかき (wekaki)^?}

artist; painter

Synonyms

画家(がか) (gaka)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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