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
- —伝写copying and transmitting a text
- —投写projection (of images)
- —写仏tracing a picture of a Buddhist image
- —脳写encephalography
- —写婚staged wedding photographs; photo-only wedding; having wedding photography taken without holding an actual wedding; picture marriage; mail-order marriage
- —遠写long shot
- —写場photo studio
- —映写機projector (film, slide, etc.)
- —古写本old manuscript; codex
- —写実的realistic; graphic; true to life
- —写植機phototypesetter
- —写真屋photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop
- —写真館photo studio
- —写真顔one's looks in a photo
- —写真師photographer
- —写真術photography; photographic art
- —写真帳photograph album
- —写真版photostat; photographic plate; photogravure
- —写真班(newspaper) cameramen
- —写生画picture drawn from life