See 絵 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for 絵 meaning in Japanese (7.5kB)
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "繪",
"tags": [
"kyūjitai"
]
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "character",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Grade 2 kanji",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "oil painting",
"roman": "aburae",
"ruby": [
[
"油",
"あぶら"
],
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"word": "油絵"
},
{
"english": "pattern, print, design",
"roman": "egara",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"柄",
"がら"
]
],
"word": "絵柄"
},
{
"english": "aptitude for painting; artistic taste",
"roman": "egokoro",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"心",
"ごころ"
]
],
"word": "絵心"
},
{
"english": "words describing a picture",
"roman": "ekotoba",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"詞",
"ことば"
]
],
"word": "絵詞"
},
{
"english": "painter",
"roman": "eshi",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"師",
"し"
]
],
"word": "絵師"
},
{
"english": "painting, drawing, illustration",
"roman": "ezu",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"図",
"ず"
]
],
"word": "絵図"
},
{
"english": "portrait",
"roman": "esugata",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"姿",
"すがた"
]
],
"word": "絵姿"
},
{
"english": "pixel",
"roman": "eso",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"素",
"そ"
]
],
"word": "絵素"
},
{
"english": "portrait",
"roman": "ezō",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"像",
"ぞう"
]
],
"word": "絵像"
},
{
"english": "impression from a sight",
"roman": "ezura",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"面",
"づら"
]
],
"word": "絵面"
},
{
"english": "paintbrush",
"roman": "efude",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"筆",
"ふで"
]
],
"word": "絵筆"
},
{
"english": "picture book",
"roman": "ehon",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"本",
"ほん"
]
],
"word": "絵本"
},
{
"english": "ema, wooden plaque",
"roman": "ema",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"馬",
"ま"
]
],
"word": "絵馬"
},
{
"english": "pictograph, emoji",
"roman": "emoji",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"文",
"も"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
]
],
"word": "絵文字"
},
{
"english": "picture",
"roman": "kaiga",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"かい"
],
[
"画",
"が"
]
],
"word": "絵画"
},
{
"english": "frontispiece",
"roman": "kuchie",
"ruby": [
[
"口",
"くち"
],
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"word": "口絵"
},
{
"roman": "fumie",
"ruby": [
[
"踏",
"ふ"
],
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"word": "踏み絵"
},
{
"english": "maki-e",
"roman": "makie",
"ruby": [
[
"蒔",
"まき"
],
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"word": "蒔絵"
}
],
"glosses": [
"picture"
],
"id": "en-絵-ja-character-LOonTQvt",
"links": [
[
"picture",
"picture"
]
],
"tags": [
"grade-2-kanji",
"kanji",
"shinjitai"
]
}
],
"word": "絵"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "unrealistic fantasy, pipe dream",
"roman": "esoragoto",
"ruby": [
[
"絵空事",
"えそらごと"
]
],
"word": "絵空事"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "paint, coloring material",
"roman": "enogu",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"具",
"ぐ"
]
],
"word": "絵の具"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "pictograph",
"roman": "emoji",
"ruby": [
[
"絵文字",
"えもじ"
]
],
"word": "絵文字"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ltc",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Chinese",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "繪"
},
"expansion": "繪 (MC hwajH)",
"name": "ltc-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goon"
},
"expansion": "goon",
"name": "glink/ja"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wuu",
"2": "繪"
},
"expansion": "Wu 繪／绘 (⁶we)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "/we/ → /e/\nFrom Middle Chinese 繪 (MC hwajH). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.\nCompare Wu 繪／绘 (⁶we).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "絵",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "e",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ゑ",
"roman": "we",
"tags": [
"hiragana",
"historical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "え",
"hist": "ゑ"
},
"expansion": "絵(え) • (e) ^(←ゑ (we)?)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "pie in the sky, castle in the air; painted rice cakes",
"roman": "enikaitamochi",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "絵に描いた餅"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "gabei",
"word": "画餅"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "perfect example or representation of; as if painted",
"roman": "enikaitayō",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"描",
"か"
]
],
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "絵に描いたよう"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to be perfect for a painting; to turn into a painting",
"roman": "eninaru",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "絵になる"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"picture, painting"
],
"id": "en-絵-ja-noun-DEnGrJPJ",
"links": [
[
"picture",
"picture"
],
[
"painting",
"painting"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 4 18 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese affixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 3 11 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 3 8 73",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 3 9 72",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 6 19 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 10 90",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 3 8 72",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 89",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"drawing, sketch"
],
"id": "en-絵-ja-noun-BjOkfLsb",
"links": [
[
"drawing",
"drawing"
],
[
"sketch",
"sketch"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "え"
},
{
"ipa": "[e̞]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Iwanami Shoten",
"Kōjien",
"Shinmura Izuru",
"Tōkyō",
"ja:広辞苑"
],
"word": "絵"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ltc",
"3": "-",
"sort": "かい"
},
"expansion": "Middle Chinese",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "繪"
},
"expansion": "繪 (MC hwajH)",
"name": "ltc-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kan'on"
},
"expansion": "kan'on",
"name": "glink/ja"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 繪 (MC hwajH). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "絵",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"かい"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "kwai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "くわい",
"roman": "kwai",
"tags": [
"hiragana",
"historical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "affix",
"2": "かい",
"hhira": "くわい"
},
"expansion": "絵(かい) • (kai) ^(←くわい (kwai)?)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "affix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"picture, painting, drawing, sketch"
],
"id": "en-絵-ja-affix-AvmhGLpZ",
"links": [
[
"picture",
"picture"
],
[
"painting",
"painting"
],
[
"drawing",
"drawing"
],
[
"sketch",
"sketch"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ka̠i]"
}
],
"word": "絵"
}
{
"categories": [
"Grade 2 kanji",
"Japanese Han characters",
"Japanese affixes",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese kanji with goon reading え",
"Japanese kanji with historical goon reading ゑ",
"Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading くわい",
"Japanese kanji with kan'on reading かい",
"Japanese kanji with kun reading えが-く",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese single-kanji terms",
"Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 絵",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "oil painting",
"roman": "aburae",
"ruby": [
[
"油",
"あぶら"
],
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"word": "油絵"
},
{
"english": "pattern, print, design",
"roman": "egara",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"柄",
"がら"
]
],
"word": "絵柄"
},
{
"english": "aptitude for painting; artistic taste",
"roman": "egokoro",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"心",
"ごころ"
]
],
"word": "絵心"
},
{
"english": "words describing a picture",
"roman": "ekotoba",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"詞",
"ことば"
]
],
"word": "絵詞"
},
{
"english": "painter",
"roman": "eshi",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"師",
"し"
]
],
"word": "絵師"
},
{
"english": "painting, drawing, illustration",
"roman": "ezu",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"図",
"ず"
]
],
"word": "絵図"
},
{
"english": "portrait",
"roman": "esugata",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"姿",
"すがた"
]
],
"word": "絵姿"
},
{
"english": "pixel",
"roman": "eso",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"素",
"そ"
]
],
"word": "絵素"
},
{
"english": "portrait",
"roman": "ezō",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"像",
"ぞう"
]
],
"word": "絵像"
},
{
"english": "impression from a sight",
"roman": "ezura",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"面",
"づら"
]
],
"word": "絵面"
},
{
"english": "paintbrush",
"roman": "efude",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"筆",
"ふで"
]
],
"word": "絵筆"
},
{
"english": "picture book",
"roman": "ehon",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"本",
"ほん"
]
],
"word": "絵本"
},
{
"english": "ema, wooden plaque",
"roman": "ema",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"馬",
"ま"
]
],
"word": "絵馬"
},
{
"english": "pictograph, emoji",
"roman": "emoji",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"文",
"も"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
]
],
"word": "絵文字"
},
{
"english": "picture",
"roman": "kaiga",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"かい"
],
[
"画",
"が"
]
],
"word": "絵画"
},
{
"english": "frontispiece",
"roman": "kuchie",
"ruby": [
[
"口",
"くち"
],
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"word": "口絵"
},
{
"roman": "fumie",
"ruby": [
[
"踏",
"ふ"
],
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"word": "踏み絵"
},
{
"english": "maki-e",
"roman": "makie",
"ruby": [
[
"蒔",
"まき"
],
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"word": "蒔絵"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "繪",
"tags": [
"kyūjitai"
]
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "character",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"picture"
],
"links": [
[
"picture",
"picture"
]
],
"tags": [
"grade-2-kanji",
"kanji",
"shinjitai"
]
}
],
"word": "絵"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese affixes",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese single-kanji terms",
"Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
"Japanese terms historically spelled with ゑ",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 絵",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "unrealistic fantasy, pipe dream",
"roman": "esoragoto",
"ruby": [
[
"絵空事",
"えそらごと"
]
],
"word": "絵空事"
},
{
"english": "paint, coloring material",
"roman": "enogu",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"具",
"ぐ"
]
],
"word": "絵の具"
},
{
"english": "pictograph",
"roman": "emoji",
"ruby": [
[
"絵文字",
"えもじ"
]
],
"word": "絵文字"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ltc",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Chinese",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "繪"
},
"expansion": "繪 (MC hwajH)",
"name": "ltc-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goon"
},
"expansion": "goon",
"name": "glink/ja"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wuu",
"2": "繪"
},
"expansion": "Wu 繪／绘 (⁶we)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "/we/ → /e/\nFrom Middle Chinese 繪 (MC hwajH). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.\nCompare Wu 繪／绘 (⁶we).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "絵",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "e",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ゑ",
"roman": "we",
"tags": [
"hiragana",
"historical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "え",
"hist": "ゑ"
},
"expansion": "絵(え) • (e) ^(←ゑ (we)?)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "pie in the sky, castle in the air; painted rice cakes",
"roman": "enikaitamochi",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "絵に描いた餅"
},
{
"roman": "gabei",
"word": "画餅"
},
{
"english": "perfect example or representation of; as if painted",
"roman": "enikaitayō",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"描",
"か"
]
],
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "絵に描いたよう"
},
{
"english": "to be perfect for a painting; to turn into a painting",
"roman": "eninaru",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
]
],
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "絵になる"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"picture, painting"
],
"links": [
[
"picture",
"picture"
],
[
"painting",
"painting"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"drawing, sketch"
],
"links": [
[
"drawing",
"drawing"
],
[
"sketch",
"sketch"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "え"
},
{
"ipa": "[e̞]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Iwanami Shoten",
"Kōjien",
"Shinmura Izuru",
"Tōkyō",
"ja:広辞苑"
],
"word": "絵"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese affixes",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese single-kanji terms",
"Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 絵",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ltc",
"3": "-",
"sort": "かい"
},
"expansion": "Middle Chinese",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "繪"
},
"expansion": "繪 (MC hwajH)",
"name": "ltc-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kan'on"
},
"expansion": "kan'on",
"name": "glink/ja"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 繪 (MC hwajH). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "絵",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"かい"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "kwai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "くわい",
"roman": "kwai",
"tags": [
"hiragana",
"historical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "affix",
"2": "かい",
"hhira": "くわい"
},
"expansion": "絵(かい) • (kai) ^(←くわい (kwai)?)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "affix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"picture, painting, drawing, sketch"
],
"links": [
[
"picture",
"picture"
],
[
"painting",
"painting"
],
[
"drawing",
"drawing"
],
[
"sketch",
"sketch"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ka̠i]"
}
],
"word": "絵"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/304",
"msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
"path": [
"絵"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "絵",
"trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"絵"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "絵",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: we",
"path": [
"絵"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "絵",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/304",
"msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
"path": [
"絵"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "affix",
"title": "絵",
"trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"絵"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "affix",
"title": "絵",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.