KANJI: KAI e (picture, drawing, painting, sketch)

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Character Etymology:

A combination of the radicals (from right to left) representing thread and meet, originally meaning embroidered picture, but it now means picture in general.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: KAI
kun-yomi: e

English Definitions:

1. KAI, e: picture, drawing, painting, sketch, illustration, cut, print.

Character Index Numbers:

New Nelson: 4488
Henshall: 89

Unicode Encoded Version:

絵

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

絵画 (kaiga): picture, painting.
口絵 (kuchie): frontispiece.
絵本 (ehon): picture book.

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