画 Kanji – brush-stroke
The Japanese kanji 画 can mean brush-stroke, picture.
Meaning and Readings
How is 画 read?
画 has the onyomi readings ガ, カク, エ, カイ and the kunyomi readings えがく, かくする, かぎる, はかりごと, はかる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ga, kaku, e, kai, egaku, kakusuru, kagiru, hakarigoto, hakaru.
Common Japanese Words Using 画
These common Japanese words contain 画. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 映画(えいが) — movie, film, motion picture
- 映画館(えいがかん) — movie theatre, movie theater, cinema
- 家族計画(かぞくけいかく) — family planning
- 画(かく) — stroke (of a kanji)
- 画する(かくする) — to draw (a line)
- 画家(がか) — painter, artist
- 画商(がしょう) — picture dealer, commercial art gallery
- 画数(かくすう) — stroke count (of a kanji)
- 画像(がぞう) — image, picture, portrait
- 画伯(がはく) — master painter, great artist
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