写

See also: 冩 and 寫

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	写
Simplified	写
Traditional	寫

Etymology

Simplified from 寫

Han character

写 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月卜尸一 (BYSM), composition ⿱冖与)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 130, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1570
• Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 303, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5199

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 写 – see 寫 (“to place; to displace; to relocate; to carry; to relay; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 寫).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

1. photograph, copy, replicate, reproduce, transcribe
2. be photographed
3. describe

Readings

• On (unclassified): しゃ (sha)
• Kun: うつす (写す, utsusu), うつし (写し, utsushi)

Compounds

• 映写 (えいしゃ, eisha)
• 活写 (かっしゃ, kassha)
• 誤写 (ごしゃ, gosha)
• 試写 (ししゃ, sisha)
• 縮写 (しゅくしゃ, shukusha)
• 手写 (しゅしゃ, shusha)
• 書写 (しょしゃ, shosha)
• 実写 (じっしゃ, jissha)
• 浄写 (じょうしゃ, jōsha)
• 接写 (せっしゃ, sessha)
• 速写 (そくしゃ, sokusha)
• 転写 (てんしゃ, tensha)
• 透写 (とうしゃ, tōsha)
• 謄写 (かっしゃ, kassha)
• 特写 (とくしゃ, tokusha)
• 念写 (ねんしゃ, nensha)
• 筆写 (ひっしゃ, hissha)

• 描写 (びょうしゃ, byōsha)
• 複写 (ふくしゃ, hukusha)
• 模写, 摸写 (もしゃ, mosha)
• 臨写 (りんしゃ, rinsha)
• 被写界深度 (ひしゃかいしんど, hishakaishindo)
• 写経 (しゃきょう, shakyou)
• 写字 (しゃじ, shaji)
• 写実 (しゃじつ, shajitsu)
• 写象 (しゃぞう, shazō)
• 写植 (しゃしょく, shashoku)
• (deprecated template usage) 写真 (しゃしん, shashin)
• 写生 (しゃせい, shasei)
• 写像 (しゃぞう, shazō)
• 被写体 (ひしゃたい, hishatai)
• 写譜 (しゃふ, shahu)
• (deprecated template usage) 写本 (しゃほん, shahon)

Related terms

• ジャケ写
• 写す
• 写メール
• 写る