Kanji1 / 5
写 kanji
copy, be photographed, describe
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
シャジャ
Kun readings
うつすうつるうつ-うつし
Variant forms
冩寫Words with 写
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —模写copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
- —活写vivid description; painting a lively picture (of)
- —臨写copying
- —接写close-up photography
- —写経hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
- —実写live action (as opposed to animation); photograph (of a real scene, event, etc.); real image; actual footage; depiction of a real scene (in writing or a picture); description
- —書写transcription; copying; handwriting (as a school subject); penmanship
- —特写exclusive photographing (e.g. for a magazine)
- —透写tracing
- —写譜copying a musical score
- —手写copying by hand
- —速写snapshot
- —筆写copying (by hand); transcribing
- —縮写reduced copy; reproduction in miniature
- —浄写fair copy; clean copy
- —音写transliteration; transcription
- —写メemail with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
- —正写certification that document copies are correct
- —連写continuous shooting (photography); consecutive shooting; rapid shooting
- —激写(taking a) spectacular photograph; photo taken at just the right moment