絵 — picture, painting, drawing
え
絵
picture
え
U+7D75
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #895
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1367
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- picture
- painting
- drawing
- sketch
Readings
- On'yomi
- え e かい kai
word
え e On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
かい kai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
12 wordsEach dot is a word containing 絵: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 8 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Components
Composed of
いと
糸
thread
#120
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 糸 (thread/silk) is the semantic radical — paintings were originally done on silk. 会 (e/kai, meeting) provides the phonetic element. A picture or painting is where threads of color meet on cloth.