写 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「冖」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「冖」
- On
- シャしゃ · sha
- Kun
- うつ(す)・うつ(る)utsu(su) · utsu(ru)
- Meaning
- copy, photograph
Stroke order
Origin
From moving things into another place, it came to mean 'copy, transfer' a shape just as it is.
Readings and examples
| Onシャしゃsha | 写真しゃしん描写びょうしゃ映写えいしゃ |
|---|---|
| Kunうつすutsusu | 写すうつす写しうつし Compare: 映す |
| Kunうつるutsuru | 写るうつる写りうつり Compare: 映る |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 写真しゃしん
photograph
- 書写しょしゃ
transcription
- 描写びょうしゃ
- 謄写とうしゃ
Example
ノートに 字を 写します。
I copy the letters into my notebook.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)