Kanji Details:
- 絵
- Frequency:895
- Kun: nan
- On: カイ, エ
- Meaning: picture, drawing, painting, sketch
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 絵 え picture, drawing, painting, sketch 絵画 かいが picture, painting 絵本 えほん picture book 絵の具 えのぐ colors, colours, paints 浮世絵 うきよえ ukiyoe (color print of everyday life in the Edo period) (colour) 油絵 あぶらえ oil painting 挿絵 さしえ (book) illustration 踏み絵 ふみえ tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample 絵はがき えはがき picture postcard 絵巻 えまき picture scroll