写

See also 寫

Translingual

shinjitai	写
simplified	写
traditional	寫

Etymology

Simplified from 寫

Han character

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

1. write
2. draw, sketch
3. compose

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

写 (traditional 寫, Yale se2)

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Japanese

Kanji

写 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. photograph, copy, replicate, reproduce, transcribe

Readings

• On: 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) 写真 (しゃしん, shashin, “photograph”) 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) 写本 (しゃほん, shahon, “manuscript”)

Related terms

• ジャケ写
• 写す
• 写メール
• 写る

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Korean

Hanja

写 (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

写 (traditional 寫, pinyin guàn (guan4), xiě (xie3), Wade-Giles kuan⁴, hsieh³)