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Kotomora

画

brush-stroke, picture

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 200Strokes8

Readings

On'yomi

  • ガ
  • カク
  • エ
  • カイ

Kun'yomi

  • えが.く
  • かく.する
  • かぎ.る
  • はかりごと
  • はか.る

Meaning

画 centers on creating a visual representation: a picture, a drawing, or the individual brush-strokes that make one up.

Most common words using 画

24 of 603
  • 映画えいが
    N5

    movie; film; motion picture

  • 動画どうが
    N1

    video (esp. digital); video clip; clip

  • 漫画まんが
    N5

    cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

  • 画像がぞう
    N3

    image; picture; portrait

  • 計画けいかく
    N4

    plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

  • 企画きかく
    N1

    planning; plan; project; arrangements

  • 画面がめん
    N3

    screen (of a TV, computer, etc.)

  • 画かく
    N1

    stroke (of a kanji)

  • 録画ろくが
    N4

    (video) recording

  • 絵画かいが
    N3

    painting; picture

  • 画家がか
    N3

    painter; artist

  • 区画くかく
    N1

    division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot; partition; boundary

  • 原画げんが

    original picture

  • 画期的かっきてき
    N1

    ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

  • 参画さんかく

    taking part (in planning); participation

  • 洋画ようが
    N1

    Western painting

  • 邦画ほうが

    Japanese film

  • 壁画へきが

    fresco; mural; wall painting

  • 版画はんが
    N1

    woodcut; woodblock print; art print

  • 画廊がろう
    N1

    art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery

  • 名画めいが

    famous picture; masterpiece (painting)

  • 画するかくする
    N1

    to draw (a line)

  • 画伯がはく

    master painter; great artist

  • 戯画ぎが

    caricature; cartoon; comics

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Etymology

画 originally depicted a field 田 with boundaries, later extended to mean drawing or planning. The modern form combines 一 (one) over 田 (field) inside 凵 (container), suggesting a delineated picture.

Meaning mnemonic

Imagine a single brush-stroke (一) outlining a field (田) inside a frame (凵), creating a picture.

Reading mnemonic

For ガ, picture a gallery (ガ) filled with pictures, each one a 画.