絵

え · e · JLPT N5 · noun

painting

絵 — painting

🖼️🎨 絵 = thread 糸 + meet 会: coloured threads meeting to form a design

The character joins 糸 (thread) with 会 (meet), from embroidery where coloured threads come together into a design. The reading e is just the sound in the word etch, so link it as: e for etching, a kind of drawing.

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