画伯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
画	伯
が Grade: 2	はく Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
畫伯 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がはく [gáꜜhàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) がはく [gàhákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ha̠kɯ̟]

Noun

画(が)伯(はく) • (gahaku) ^{←ぐわはく (gwafaku)^?}

artist; painter
Respectful term of address for an artist or painter.
(slang, sarcastic) Term of address for someone who produces poor or exceedingly unique art.

See also

画家(がか) (gaka)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“画伯”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025