撮 — snapshot, take pictures

とる撮 snapshot

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+64AE Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1023 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #885 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

snapshot
take pictures

word

と to 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).

撮(と) る toru to take (photo) 撮(と) れる toreru to be photographed

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

撮(さつ) 影(えい) satsuei photography 特(とく) 撮(さつ) tokusatsu special effects

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

さい最 utmost

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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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