絵え

also: が

え

Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

General term for a visual artwork or drawn image, including paintings, sketches, and illustrations.

Used for visual content on screens, such as TV images, film footage, or video.

〈人ひと〉は絵えが上じょう手ずだto be good at drawing/painting
弟おとうとは絵えが上手じょうずで、よく賞しょうをもらう。
My little brother is good at drawing and often wins prizes.
絵えが乱みだれるfor a video/TV image to become distorted or garbled
電でん波ぱが悪わるくて絵えが乱みだれている。
The reception is bad, so the picture is all garbled.
〈場ば所しょ〉に絵えを飾かざるto hang/display a picture in a place
リビングに祖そ父ふが描かいた絵えを飾かざっている。
We have a picture my grandfather painted hanging in the living room.

絵えの具ぐpaint; coloring materials; colors
絵えになるmake a lovely picture; be perfect for a picture · picture-perfect; picturesque
絵えを描かくdraw a picture; paint a picture
水すい彩さい絵えの具ぐwatercolor paint; watercolors
絵えに描かいた餅もちpie in the sky; castles in the air; something unattainable

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絵かい画がN3sense 1
絵画 is a formal, art-context term for a painting, while 絵 is the everyday word for any picture or drawing.
画が像ぞうN3sense 2
画像 specifically means a digital or photographic image, while 絵 covers both hand-drawn pictures and on-screen images.
描びょう画が
絵 refers to a picture or painting as a finished work, while 描画 emphasizes the act or process of creating that picture.
図ずN3
絵 is a picture or artwork in general, while 図 often emphasizes an explanatory, schematic, or document-style visual like a diagram or map.

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絵え図ず
絵 is the general word for any picture or painting, while 絵図 specifically suggests a pictorial map, plan, or schematic drawing.
イラストN4
絵 is a general native Japanese word for picture or painting, while イラスト often implies a more modern, commercial, or digital style.
肖しょう像ぞう
絵 is a broad word for any picture or painting, whereas 肖像 refers specifically to a depiction of a person's face and expression.
ドローイング
絵 is the broad, everyday native word for a picture or painting, whereas ドローイング is a narrower loanword focused on the act of drawing.
水すい彩さい画が
絵 is the general word for any picture or drawing, while 水彩画 specifically names a watercolor painting.
ピクチャー
絵 refers to a drawn or painted image, whereas ピクチャー is a general loanword that can cover photos, drawings, or digital pictures alike.

写しゃ真しんN5sense 1
写真 means a photograph taken with a camera, whereas 絵 is a drawn or painted picture, so the two are easily mixed up when talking about 'a picture'.
画かくN1
画 read かく is the counter/unit for a single stroke in a kanji, while 画 read が means a picture or drawing, so the same kanji has two unrelated meanings depending on reading.
会えN1
絵 (え) means 'picture' and only sounds identical to 会 (え), which means an archaic gathering; the two are unrelated in meaning.

枚まいN3
For thin, flat things — sheets, plates, boards, and unstructured garments like shirts.
点てんN4
For items in a collection, inventory, or exhibition — works, goods, pieces of luggage.
幅ふく
For hanging scrolls and mounted pictures (一幅).

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似に顔がお絵えN1
portrait; likeness; sketch of a face
挿さし絵え
illustration; picture
絵え図ず
illustration; drawing; picture
クエ
longtooth grouper
絵え馬ま
votive tablet; ema
油あぶら絵えN1
oil painting
絵え巻まき
picture scroll; illustrated handscroll
塗ぬり絵え
coloring picture; picture for coloring
絵え日にっ記き
illustrated diary; picture diary
絵え葉は書がきN1
picture postcard
絵え心ごころ
artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art · desire to paint
下した絵え
rough sketch; preliminary drawing; cartoon (for a painting or tapestry)
蒔まき絵え
maki-e; gold or silver lacquer; sprinkled-picture lacquerware
影かげ絵え
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
口くち絵え
frontispiece; opening illustration
扉とびら絵え
frontispiece
絵え空そら事ごと
fabrication; pipe dream; fantasy
絵え筆ふで
paintbrush
墨すみ絵え
ink painting; sumi-e
絵え手て紙がみ
picture letter; hand-drawn illustrated letter
絵え巻まき物もの
picture scroll; emakimono
絵え付つけ
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; china painting
上うわ絵え
overglaze decoration; printed figures (on cloth or pottery)
色いろ絵え
painting; colored artwork · overglaze enamels
押おし絵え
raised cloth picture; padded fabric picture

絵えUsage73%
Standard kanji for picture, painting, drawing, and image.
画Usage24%
- え
  Alternate kanji; also read が in some compounds. Less common as a standalone word.
- が
  Reading が is mostly used in compounds (e.g., 映画, 日本画) and is rare as a standalone word.
えUsage3%
エUsage<1%
がUsage<1%

From Old Japanese. The kanji 絵 is a phono-semantic compound meaning 'picture' or 'painting'. The reading え is the native Japanese pronunciation.