画

画 — brush-stroke, picture

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 8
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #199 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: が ga

かく kaku

え e

かい kai
Kun'yomi: えが.く ega.ku

かく.する kaku.suru

かぎ.る kagi.ru

はかりごと hakarigoto

はか.る haka.ru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 画

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