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描く (えがく): to draw, to depict, to describe — Japanese vocabulary

描く is read えがく and means "to draw, to depict, to describe". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

描く

Reading
えがく · egaku
Translation
to draw, to depict, to describe
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
えがくが

Example

彼は鉛筆で真っ直ぐな線を描いた。

かれはえんぴつでまっすぐなせんをえがいた。

He drew a straight line with his pencil.

Kanji in this word

  • 描 — draw, describe

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