marking off; laying out; scribing
Technical term used in metalworking, woodworking, and similar crafts for marking lines or layout on a workpiece before cutting or machining.
I mark the metal plate before cutting it.
Drill holes along the scribed line.
Standard kanji spelling for the noun meaning marking or scribing.
Abbreviated spelling; less common but still used.
Variant using 描く; rarely encountered.
Abbreviated variant of 罫描き; very rare.
Compound of 罫 (ke, 'rule, line') and 書き (kaki, 'writing, drawing'). The spelling 罫描き uses 描く (egaku, 'to draw') instead of 書く, but the meaning is the same.