画家

画家

See also: 畫家

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 画家 – see 畫家 (“painter; artist who specialises in drawing”). (This term, 画家, is the simplified form of 畫家.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
画	家
が Grade: 2	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
畫家 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 画(が) (ga, “picture, drawing, painting”) + 家(か) (-ka, “expert, professional, performer”).

First cited to 1799.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がか [gàká] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ka̠]

Noun

画(が)家(か) • (gaka) ^{←ぐわか (gwaka)?}

1. [from 1799] painter

See also

• 芸(げい)術(じゅつ)家(か) (geijutsuka)
• アーティスト (ātisuto)

References

1. “画家”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN