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
- N5写真Popularphotograph; photo; picture; photography; moving picture; movie
- N2写生Popularsketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description
- N2複写Popularcopying; duplication; reproduction; copy
- N1描写Populardepiction; description; portrayal
- N1映写projection (on a screen)
- —試写Popularpreview; private showing
- —写真家Popularphotographer
- —被写体Popular(photographic) subject
- —写真集Popularphoto book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook
- —写真撮影Popularphotography; taking photographs
- —誤写error in copying
- —写字copying; transcription
- —写実realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
- —写象image
- —写植phototypesetting
- —写像mapping; map; image; representation
- —写本manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
- —転写transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.); copying; transfer (printing); transcription; transliteration
- —謄写copy; transcription; mimeograph; photocopy
- —念写spirit photography; psychic photography; thoughtography