Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to draw, to paint, to sketch.
  2. to depict, to describe.
  3. to picture in one's mind, to imagine.
  4. to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
描く えがく
 
描く かく
 
画く えがく
 
画く かく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

sketch, compose, write
えが.く か.く ビョウ (7th, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
seedling, sapling, shoot
なえ ミョウ ビョウ (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)