Kanji 写

音読おんよみ: シャ

訓読くんよみ: うつ・うつ

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: わかんむり(冖)

Meaning

Copy / Project / Photograph

Conjugation
Tap for 写す (to photo) Tap for 写る (be photographed)
  • 写真しゃしん — photo
  • 写すうつす — to copy, to photograph
  • 写るうつる — to be photographed
  • 写生しゃせい — sketch
  • 複写ふくしゃ — duplication
  • 描写びょうしゃ — description / depiction

The character 写 combines the "crown" radical (冖) with the element 寺 (temple), originally symbolizing covering or capturing an image. Today, it's used in words related to copying and photography. Its versatility spans traditional copying and modern digital imaging.

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