写 – copy, be photographed, describe

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The kanji 写 means copy, be photographed, describe. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シャ、ジャ (sha, ja); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うつ.す、うつ.る、うつ-、うつ.し (utsusu, utsuru, utsu, utsushi). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 冖 (no. 14).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シャ	sha
On’yomi	ジャ	ja
Kun’yomi	うつ.す	utsusu
Kun’yomi	うつ.る	utsuru
Kun’yomi	うつ-	utsu
Kun’yomi	うつ.し	utsushi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 冖 (Kangxi radical 14). Components: 一・冖・勹.

Words using 写

写真しゃしんphotograph写すうつすto copy写るうつるto be photographed写生しゃせいsketching複写ふくしゃcopying写しうつしcopy描写びょうしゃdepiction映写えいしゃprojection (on a screen)

Example sentences

あなたに何枚かの写真を見せましょう。

I will show you some pictures.

Tatoeba #233720

このページをノートに写しておきなさい。

Copy this page in your notebook.

Tatoeba #223218

その写真は空から写されたものである。

The picture was taken from the air.

Tatoeba #209615

Kanji with the same radical

冠冗

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