描く

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
描
か Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) か​く [káꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

描く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かく, rōmaji kaku)

1. to paint; to draw
2. to picture; to portray; to depict

Conjugation

Conjugation of "描く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	描か	かか	kaka
Continuative (連用形)	描き	かき	kaki
Terminal (終止形)	描く	かく	kaku
Attributive (連体形)	描く	かく	kaku
Hypothetical (仮定形)	描け	かけ	kake
Imperative (命令形)	描け	かけ	kake
Key constructions
Passive	描かれる	かかれる	kakareru
Causative	描かせる 描かす	かかせる かかす	kakaseru kakasu
Potential	描ける	かける	kakeru
Volitional	描こう	かこう	kakō
Negative	描かない	かかない	kakanai
Negative continuative	描かず	かかず	kakazu
Formal	描きます	かきます	kakimasu
Perfective	描いた	かいた	kaita
Conjunctive	描いて	かいて	kaite
Hypothetical conditional	描けば	かけば	kakeba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
描
えが Grade: S
kun’yomi

wegaku > egaku. Compound of 絵 (we, “picture”) +‎ 書く (kaku, “write”). Literally "to write a picture", ie, "to draw". The kaku changes to gaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) えが​く [ègáꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [e̞ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

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Verb

描く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana えがく, rōmaji egaku, historical hiragana ゑがく)

1. to paint; to draw
2. to picture; to portray; to depict
3. to imagine

Conjugation

Conjugation of "描く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	描か	えがか	egaka
Continuative (連用形)	描き	えがき	egaki
Terminal (終止形)	描く	えがく	egaku
Attributive (連体形)	描く	えがく	egaku
Hypothetical (仮定形)	描け	えがけ	egake
Imperative (命令形)	描け	えがけ	egake
Key constructions
Passive	描かれる	えがかれる	egakareru
Causative	描かせる 描かす	えがかせる えがかす	egakaseru egakasu
Potential	描ける	えがける	egakeru
Volitional	描こう	えがこう	egakō
Negative	描かない	えがかない	egakanai
Negative continuative	描かず	えがかず	egakazu
Formal	描きます	えがきます	egakimasu
Perfective	描いた	えがいた	egaita
Conjunctive	描いて	えがいて	egaite
Hypothetical conditional	描けば	えがけば	egakeba

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