 | 描 | ||
| copy, trace, sketch; depict | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 9 | Total Strokes | 12 |
| Mandarin reading |
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Cantonese reading | miu4 |
| Japanese on reading | byou | Japanese kun reading | egaku |
| Korean reading | myo | Vietnamese reading | miêu |
| 描 | [ ] to depict, to trace (a drawing), to copy, to touch up |
| 描圖 | [ tú ] to trace |
| 描寫 | [ xiě ] to describe, to depict, to portray, description |
| 描摹 | [ mó ] to trace over, to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc), (fig.) to describe, to portray |
| 描畫 | [ huà ] to draw, to describe |
| 描紅 | [ hóng ] to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) |
| 描繪 | [ huì ] to describe, to portray |
| 描述 | [ shù ] to describe, description |
| 描金 | [ jīn ] to outline in gold |
| ⇒ 人物描寫 | [ rén wù xiě ] portrayal |
| ⇒ 回描 | [ huí ] flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube), retrace |
| ⇒ 愈描愈黑 | [ yù yù heī ] see 越描越黑[yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1] |
| ⇒ 掃描 | [ saǒ ] to scan |
| ⇒ 掃描儀 | [ saǒ yí ] scanner (device) |
| ⇒ 掃描器 | [ saǒ qì ] scanner |
| ⇒ 數碼掃描 | [ shù mǎ saǒ ] a digital scan |
| ⇒ 白描 | [ baí ] line drawing in traditional ink and brush style, simple and straightforward style of writing |
| ⇒ 素描 | [ sù ] sketch |
| ⇒ 超聲掃描 | [ chaō shēng saǒ ] ultrasonic scan |
| ⇒ 越描越黑 | [ yuè yuè heī ] lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get, fig. to only make matters worse |
| ⇒ 輕描淡寫 | [ qīng dàn xiě ] (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal, to downplay, to understate |
| ⇒ 逐行掃描 | [ zhú háng saǒ ] line by line scanning, progressive scanning |
| ⇒ 隔行掃描 | [ gé háng saǒ ] interlaced scanning |
| ⇒ 電腦斷層掃描 | [ diàn naǒ duàn céng saǒ ] CAT scan, CT scan |