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描く

えがく

to depict, to describe, to draw

Mnemonic

The same hand and the same seedling, taken slowly this time. It is 絵 the picture え with 描く on the end of it, and he can put a person on paper so that you know who it is: えがく.

Worth knowing

The same 描く as かく, to draw. えがく is the heavier of the two, a proper depiction, and it stretches to describing something in words as well.

Built from

draw, depict
扌 hand + 苗 seedling

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