Memory phrase for the Kanji: 描

描

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Meaning depict, draw, sketch

Pronunciation

BYŌ
egaku

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: seedling 苗 (= This plant [still as small] as grass 艹 on the field 田)

Mnemonic

(A field with seedlings planted neatly in rows looks beautiful:) If the hand arranges the plants/seedling 艹 in the field (in such rows), it looks like being depicted.

Radicals

扌	hand	Several characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ
苗	seedling
艹	plant, grass	Shows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.

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Vocabulary

描く	えがく	to draw, to paint, to sketch, to describe
描写	びょうしゃ	depiction, description, portrayal

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