漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
写: copy, be photographed
Also: describe
JLPT N45 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
冖 carries the meaning · 与 gives the sound
5 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
シャsha · on'yomi · in compounds
- 写真しゃしんphotograph
- 写実的なしゃじつてきなtrue to life
- 写生するしゃせいするsketch (drawing)
- 写経するしゃきょうするhand-copy a sutra
- 写本するしゃほんするhand-copy a manuscript
- 複写するふくしゃするcopy
- 描写するびょうしゃするdepict
うつすutsusu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 写すうつすfilm, project [v.t.]
うつるutsuru · kun'yomi
- 写るうつるbe projected [v.i.]
Also read ジャ, うつ-, うつし, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)宀 (meaning) + 舄 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 寫 (rev. 91975877), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Cover/crown (冖) + a bird variant. Originally related to the way a bird "settles" under a cover, now the standard kanji for "copying" or taking a photograph.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ジャ
3 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 寫 · xiě
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 写. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 寫.
- Simplified
- 写 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 寫 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiě most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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