お絵かき

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絵
え Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
お繪かき (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

お絵描き

Etymology

From 御 (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 絵 (e, “picture”) +‎ 描き (kaki, “to draw”, nominalization).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おえかき [òéꜜkàkì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞e̞ka̠kʲi]

Noun

お絵(え)かき • (o-ekaki)

(childish) drawing; doodling

Derived terms

お絵(え)かき掲示板(けいじばん) (o-ekaki keijiban): online oekaki messageboard
お絵(え)かきチャット (o-ekaki chatto): paint chat
お絵(え)かきボード (o-ekaki bōdo): magnetic drawing board
お絵(え)かきロジック (o-ekaki rojikku): nonograms; picross

See also

絵描(えか)き (ekaki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN