描く

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
描
か
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "描く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
描く か​く [káꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 描け か​け [káꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 描かれる かかれ​る [kàkáréꜜrù]
Causative 描かせる かかせ​る [kàkáséꜜrù]
Potential 描ける かけ​る [kàkéꜜrù]
Volitional 描こう かこ​ー [kàkóꜜò]
Negative 描かない かか​ない [kàkáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 描かなかった かか​なかった [kàkáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 描きます かきま​す [kàkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 描いた か​いた [káꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 描いて か​いて [káꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 描けば か​けば [káꜜkèbà]

Verb

描(か)く • (kaku) transitive godan (stem 描(か)き (kaki), past 描(か)いた (kaita))

  1. to paint; to draw
  2. to picture; to portray; to depict
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
描
えが
Grade: S
kun’yomi

/weɡaku/ > /eɡaku/

Compound of 絵 (e, “picture”) +‎ 書く (kaku, “write”). Literally "to write a picture", ie, "to draw". The kaku changes to gaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) えが​く [ègáꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
  • (file)
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "描く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
描く えが​く [ègáꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 描け えが​け [ègáꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 描かれる えがかれ​る [ègákáréꜜrù]
Causative 描かせる えがかせ​る [ègákáséꜜrù]
Potential 描ける えがけ​る [ègákéꜜrù]
Volitional 描こう えがこ​ー [ègákóꜜò]
Negative 描かない えがか​ない [ègákáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 描かなかった えがか​なかった [ègákáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 描きます えがきま​す [ègákímáꜜsù]
Perfective 描いた えが​いた [ègáꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 描いて えが​いて [ègáꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 描けば えが​けば [ègáꜜkèbà]

Verb

描(えが)く • (egaku) ←ゑがく (wegaku)?transitive godan (stem 描(えが)き (egaki), past 描(えが)いた (egaita))

  1. to paint; to draw
    彼(かれ)はカンバスで美(うつく)しい風景(ふうけい)を描(えが)いた。
    Kare wa kanbasu de utsukushii fūkei o egaita.
    He painted a beautiful scenery on the canvas.
  2. to picture; to portray; to depict
  3. to imagine
Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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