描 means “draw, depict”

えがく · egaku

Also: sketch, compose, write

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): えがく, かく
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ビョウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

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A hand (扌) tracing seedlings (苗) in a field: sketching the world line by line. 描く is to draw or depict, read えがく or かく, 描写 is a writer's description of a scene, and 素描 is a plain sketch.

Used in 描く (egaku, to draw/depict), 描写 (byousha, description/portrayal), and 素描 (sobyou, sketch)

描 means “draw, depict”

The story

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