写 — copy, be photographed, describe

しゃ写 copy

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes art

U+5199 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #453 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1336 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

copy
be photographed
describe

word

しゃ sha On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

写(しゃ) sha copy 写(しゃ) 真(しん) shashin photograph 実(じっ) 写(しゃ) jissha live-action 試(し) 写(しゃ) shisha preview 描(びょう) 写(しゃ) byousha depiction

うつ utsu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

写(うつ) る utsuru to be photographed 写(うつ) す utsusu to copy

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

冖 cover

あたえる与 bestow

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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