# 絵 — Picture

Frequency rank 605 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 極 (Extreme), less common than 服 (Clothes).

- On’yomi: かい、え
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

Thread (thread) on the left is woven with the meet (meet) radical on the right — threads meeting together create a woven picture, colorful threads interlocking to form an image.

In words:

- 絵 え — picture
- 絵画 かいが — picture
- 絵の具 えのぐ — colors,paints

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