绘
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 糸 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 繪
- Common rank
- #2,685
- Unicode
- U+7ED8
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
paint · Heisig RSH #2385
thread + meeting
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 绘
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电脑绘图 | computer graphics | |
| 电脑辅助设计与绘图 | computer-aided design and drawing | |
| 绘文字 | emoji | |
| 架上绘画 | easel painting | |
| 浮世绘 | ukiyo-e | |
| 绘架座 | Pictor (constellation) | |
| 手绘 | to paint by hand; to draw by hand; hand-painted; hand-drawn | |
| 绘本 | picture book | |
| 绘制 | to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc) | |
| 绘声绘色 | vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic | |
| 绘图 | to chart; to sketch; to draft; to plot | |
| 标绘 | to plot (on a chart); to mark | |
| 绘画 | to draw; to paint | |
| 测绘 | to survey and draw; to map | |
| 彩绘 | painted; colored painted-on designs | |
| 描绘 | to describe; to depict; to portray |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 会 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会 sound part | to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group | |
| 烩 | ragout; to braise, to cook | |
| 桧 | Chinese cypress, Chinese juniper | |
| 脍 | minced meat, minced fish | |
| 哙 | to swallow, to gulp down; greedy | |
| 荟 | abundant, flourishing | |
| 刽 | to amputate, to cut off | |
| 狯 | sly, cunning, crafty | |
| 鲙 | minced fish; hash | |
| 浍 | ditch, trench, irrigation canal; river | |
| 郐 | a state in Henan province |