絵

• 読み: え
• ローマ字: e
• 漢字の分解: 絵 (e/kai) — picture, drawing, painting
• 発音: /e/

意味

Picture; drawing; painting; sketch. A general term for visual artwork.

A broad noun covering any type of picture or illustration, from children's crayon drawings to professional oil paintings. Often combined with other words: 絵本 (ehon, picture book), 油絵 (aburae, oil painting), 絵の具 (enogu, paint).

例文

1. 妹は絵を描くのが上手です。
2. 美術館できれいな絵を見ました。
3. この絵は誰が描きましたか。

使い方ガイド

場面: art, hobbies, school

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 絵 originally depicted silk threads being dyed with colour, reflecting the connection between weaving patterns and visual representation.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal