Word Meaning 壁画

へきが hekiga

壁画 is read as へきが (hekiga) and means fresco.

Meaning

English

fresco
mural
wall painting

Reading

Kana

へきが

Romaji

hekiga

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 12839 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

障壁画

しょうへきが

pictures on (room) partitions

岩壁画

がんぺきが

rock painting

洞窟壁画

どうくつへきが

cave painting

壁

へき

Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

壁紙

かべがみ

wallpaper

壁面

へきめん

surface of a wall

壁新聞

かべしんぶん

wall newspaper

壁掛け

かべかけ

wall-mounted

壁下地

かべしたじ

framework (for a mud-plastered wall)

壁一重

かべひとえ

single wall

壁上

へきじょう

on a wall

壁間

へきかん

portion of wall between two pillars

Example Sentences

この壁画からは古代人の生活の片鱗をうかがうことができる。

We can get a glimpse of the lifestyle of ancient people from this wall painting.