Memory phrase for the character: 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 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
苗 seedling
艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a 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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