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描く
画く
Readings

egaku

kaku
English
Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Transitive verb
See also: 書く・2
to draw, to paint, to sketch

Meaning restricted to えがく
Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Transitive verb
to depict, to describe

Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Transitive verb
to picture in one's mind, to imagine

Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Transitive verb
to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 描く, 描きます
[does], will [do]
描かない, 描きません
doesn't [do], will not [do]
Past 描いた, 描きました
[did]
描かなかった, 描きませんでした
didn't [do]
Te-form, Continuative 描いて, 描きまして 描かないで, 描きませんで 描かなくて
Kanjis
ON: ビョウ KUN: えが.く, か.く
sketch, compose, write, draw, paint

Stroke: 11 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-3-8 FC: 5406.6


ON: ガ, カク, エ, カイ KUN: えが.く, かく.する, かぎ.る, はかりごと, はか.る
brush-stroke, picture

Stroke: 8 Grade: 2 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 3-2-6 FC: 1077.7


Phrases
やっと絵を描き終えた。
Parts: 漸と (やっと) (え) 描く (えがく) 終える (おえる)
Finally, I finished a painting.