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写

copy
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingシャ、ジャ
Kun readingうつ.す、うつ.る、うつ-、うつ.し
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. copyRtK
    2月15日、左京阿日教著穆作抄を写す。He copied Sakyo Anikkyo Mukasasho on March 28wiki
  2. be photographed
  3. describe
  1. to be photographed
  2. to be projected

Popular Usage

写真写す写る写生写し映写

Radicals and components

Radical冖cloth cover
Components
How it's built
写
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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crown (冖) · bestow · slingshot · catapult · one (一)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1336

Compound words

写真しゃしん
photograph; photo; picture; photography; moving picture
写すうつす
to copy; to duplicate; to reproduce; to trace; to transcribe
写るうつる
to be photographed; to be projected
写生しゃせい
sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description
写しうつし
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript; cc (on e-mails)
試写ししゃ
preview; private showing
描写びょうしゃ
depiction; description; portrayal
複写ふくしゃ
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
写真家しゃしんか
photographer
被写体ひしゃたい
(photographic) subject
写真集しゃしんしゅう
photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook
青写真あおじゃしん
blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan
写真撮影しゃしんさつえい
photography; taking photographs
誤写ごしゃ
error in copying
謄写とうしゃ
copy
摸写もしゃ
copy (of the real thing)
映写機えいしゃき
projector (film, slide, etc.)
映写幕えいしゃまく
(projection) screen
丸写しまるうつし
copying in entirety (verbatim)
顔写真かおじゃしん
portrait photo
古写本こしゃほん
old manuscript
写真器しゃしんき
(photographic) camera
写真帳しゃしんちょう
photograph album
写真班しゃしんはん
(newspaper) cameramen

On Reading Examples

パリで撮った妻の写真を見るにつけ、あの時の楽しかった旅行を思い出す。しゃしん
When I see the photo of my wife I took in Paris, I remember what a great time we had on that trip.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は父親に生き写しだ。
He is the very image of his father.tatoeba
彼は彼女の手紙と写真をすべて切り裂いた。
He ripped up all her letters and photos.tatoeba
彼は彼女にその写真を見せられた。
He was shown the photo by her.tatoeba
彼は彼の写真帳を私に見せてくれた。
He showed his photograph album to me.tatoeba
住本寺十代、日廣、重須にて二箇相承全文を書写す。
Nikko, the tenth chief priest of Juhon-ji Temple, transcribed the whole Nika Sojo at Omosu.wiki
写生を重要視している。
He placed great importance on sketching.wiki
写生画：円山応挙、松村月渓
Scketch: Okyo MARUYAMA, and Gekkei MATSUMURAwiki
各地に写しの茶席が残る。
Tea houses modeled after Joan still remain in different places.wiki
書写した人物の署名はない。
It was not signed by its writer.wiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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