Kanji1 / 8
画 kanji
brush-stroke, picture
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
Practice writing
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On readings
ガカクエカイ
Kun readings
えがくかくするかぎるはかりごとはかる
Variant forms
畫Words with 画
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5映画Popularmovie; film; motion picture
- N5映画館Popularmovie theatre; movie theater; cinema
- N4漫画Popularcartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
- N3画家Popularpainter; artist
- N3絵画Popularpainting; picture
- N1版画Popularwoodcut; woodblock print; art print
- —画商Popularpicture dealer; commercial art gallery
- —画像Popularimage; picture; portrait
- —画伯Popularmaster painter; great artist; painter; artist
- —画面Popularscreen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; scene; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
- —画廊Popularart gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
- —戯画Popularcaricature; cartoon; comics
- —原画Popularoriginal picture; key frame; key animation
- —動画Popularvideo (esp. digital); video clip; clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
- —壁画Popularfresco; mural; wall painting
- —邦画PopularJapanese film; Japanese painting
- —名画Popularfamous picture; masterpiece (painting); excellent film; film classic
- —洋画PopularWestern painting; Western film; Western movie
- —録画Popular(video) recording
- —劇画Populargekiga; manga with a realistic, dramatic art style and mature themes; kamishibai; storytelling with pictures