Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emaki

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: ema-ki
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese picture scroll, a handscroll containing an illustrated narrative

Etymology

From Japanese 絵巻 (emaki, “picture scroll”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 絵巻

Questions

What does emaki mean?: A Japanese picture scroll, a handscroll containing an illustrated narrative
Where does emaki come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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