Etymology

oekaki

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Today it means: A drawing-based message board system, sometimes allowing users to replay a stroke-by-stroke animation of the picture being drawn. Full definition →

Japanese お絵かき
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromお絵かき
  2. English todayoekaki

Borrowed from Japanese お絵かき (o-ekaki), a diminutive word for "drawing."

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.