Japanese

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) か​く [káꜜkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯᵝ]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Etymology 2

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])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [e̞ɡ̃a̠kɯᵝ]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9