Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
sketch, compose, write, draw, paint
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
876 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 描写 【ビョウシャ】 depiction, description, portrayal
  • 描画 【ビョウガ】 drawing, painting
  • 線描 【センビョウ】 line drawing
  • 素描 【ソビョウ】 drawing, sketch, outline, summary, synopsis

Kun reading compounds

  • 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
miao2
Korean:
myo

Spanish

  • esbozo
  • dibujo
  • composición
  • descripción
  • esbozar
  • dibujar
  • componer
  • describir

Portuguese

  • esboço
  • compor
  • escrever
  • desenhar
  • pintura

French

  • croquis
  • dessiner
  • composer
  • écrire
  • peindre
1741 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
920 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1936 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1489 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1367 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1469 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1566 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
765 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
910 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
591 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
358 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
445 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
677 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12339X Morohashi
488 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2196 New Nelson (John Haig)
670 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
723 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1444 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1376 2001 Kanji
3c8.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5406.0 Four corner code
1-41-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63cf Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
collect, gather, be in arrears
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2451 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 溜飲 【リュウイン】 acid reflux, bile reflux, pyrosis, stomach acid (when it enters the esophagus), heartburn, indigestion, water brash, gloating, gratification, satisfaction
  • 溜飲が下がる 【リュウインガサガル】 to feel relieved, to feel satisfied
  • 溝溜 【コウリュウ】 drain and pool for collecting sewage, etc.
  • 貯留 【チョリュウ】 accumulation (e.g. of water), retention, storage, collection, sequestration (e.g. of carbon dioxide)

Kun reading compounds

  • 溜まる 【たまる】 to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
  • 溜まる 【たまる】 to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
  • 溜める 【ためる】 to amass, to accumulate, to store, to leave unpaid
  • 溜まり 【たまり】 pile, pool, collection, gathering spot, waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring, liquid runoff from miso preparation, tamari, variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
  • たまり醤油 【たまりじょうゆ】 tamari soy sauce, variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
  • 船だまり 【ふなだまり】 moorage (esp. for small boats), anchorage
  • 溜め 【ため】 cesspool, sink, manure sink
  • ため息 【ためいき】 sigh
  • ゴミ溜め 【ゴミため】 garbage dump, scrap heap, rubbish dump, dump, dumpsite

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu1, liu4
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1892 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2658 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
814 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
608 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17943 Morohashi
662 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3276 New Nelson (John Haig)
2324 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2415 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a10.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3716.2 Four corner code
1-46-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e9c Unicode hex code