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Kanji 画: meaning "picture", readings, stroke order

The kanji 画 means "picture". On'yomi: ガ、カク; kun'yomi: —. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
picture
On'yomi
ガカク
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
8
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
畫 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 画

  • 映画 えいが — Movie
  • 映画館 えいがかん — Movie theater
  • 計画 けいかく — Plan
  • 漫画 まんが — comic (book), cartoon
  • 絵画 かいが — picture, painting
  • 画家 がか — painter
  • 画期的 かっきてき — Revolutionary
  • ～画 ～が — picture, painting
  • ～画 ～かく — ~ strokes
  • 企画 きかく — planning, project
  • 区画 くかく — division, section, area
  • 版画 はんが — art print

Stroke order · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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