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KanjiN3Grade 2 · 小212 strokesRadical 糸

絵 · picture, drawing

絵 is a kanji meaning picture, drawing, painting, sketch. It has 12 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • カイkai
  • エe

Kun'yomi · Japanese

None in KANJIDIC2.

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 絵 · 4 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 絵
WordReadingMeaningLevel
絵えa painting; a picture; a drawingN5
絵画かいがpicture, paintingN3
絵の具えのぐcolors, paintsN2
油絵あぶらえoil paintingN1

Example sentence

これは絵ですよ。

これはえですよ

This is a picture.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #218471 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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