How to say "drawing" in Japanese

• 絵えJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounCovers 'drawing' as an artwork: a picture someone has drawn or painted, such as a sketch or a child's drawing. It points to the picture itself rather than a plan or diagram.
  あの絵えを壁かべに掛かけなさい。↗

  Hang that picture on the wall.
• 図ずJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Refers to a diagram or figure rather than an artwork: the kind of drawing found in a textbook or manual to explain how something works or is arranged.
  図ずで説明せつめいしましょう。↗

  Let me explain it with a diagram.
• 図面ずめんCommon
  nounThe word for technical drawings: plans or blueprints for a building, machine, or product. Use it when 'drawing' means a detailed working plan rather than a picture.
  実施じっし設計せっけいとは基本設計きほんせっけいで決きまった計画けいかくを、工事こうじができる図面ずめんに書かく作業さぎょうです。↗

  Detailed design is the work of drawing up a diagram that is capable of being manufactured from the plan set in the baseline design.
• 抽選ちゅうせんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbOnly for the 'drawing (of lots)' sense: the random draw in a lottery or raffle that decides winners. It is never the word for a picture or plan.
• 製図せいずCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRefers to drafting, the activity of making precise technical drawings as in engineering or architecture, rather than the finished plan itself.

Use 絵 for a picture or artwork, 図 for a diagram or figure, 図面 for plans or blueprints, 製図 for the activity of drafting, and 抽選 only for the drawing of lots in a lottery.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 絵えpicture
• 図ずdrawing
• 図面ずめんdrawing
• 抽選ちゅうせんlottery
• 製図せいずdrafting
• 絵図えずillustration
• ドローイングdrawing
• 図画ずがdrawing
• 素描そびょうdrawing
• 揮毫きごうwriting (esp. commissioned calligraphy)
• イラストillustration
• 描画びょうがdrawing
• 図法ずほうdrawing
• 吸い込みすいこみdrawing
• 画学ががくdrawing
• 図絵ずえdrawing
• おえかきdrawing
• 福引ふくびきlottery
• 導出どうしゅつderivation
• 翰墨かんぼくbrush and ink
• 牽引けんいんtraction
• 引き抜きひきぬきdrawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
• 振り出しふりだしdrawing (e.g. of a bill)
• ドローdrawing