描く

• 読み: えがく
• ローマ字: egaku
• 漢字の分解: 描 (ega/byou) — draw, depict
• 発音: /e.ɡa.kɯ/

意味

To draw; to depict; to describe. Creating visual art or portraying something in words.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated as 描か/描き/描く/描け/描こう. With the reading えがく, it covers both literal drawing/painting and figurative depiction in writing or film. Also read as かく (more casual, focused on physical drawing). 描写 (byousha) is the related noun meaning 'depiction.' Common pattern: 夢を描く (to envision a dream).

例文

1. この映画は戦争の悲しみを描いている。
2. 子供たちが自由に絵を描いている。
3. 将来の夢を描くことは大切だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: art, literature, film

トーン: creative

起源と歴史

The kanji 描 combines 手 (hand radical) and 苗 (seedling/sketch), suggesting a hand creating delicate outlines — like sketching the fine lines of a young plant.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal