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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
JōyōGrade 3

Popular Usage

写真写す写る写生写し映写

Radicals and components

Radical冖cloth coverComponents

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

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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