写

See also: 冩 and 寫

写 U+5199, 写 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5199 ← 冘 [U+5198] CJK Unified Ideographs 冚 → [U+519A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	写
Simplified	写
Traditional	寫

Glyph origin

From cursive script of 寫.

Han character

写 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月卜尸一 (BYSM), composition ⿱冖与 or ⿱冖⿹⿺㇉一一(G) or ⿱冖⿻⿺㇉一一(TJK))

References

• KangXi: 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

Chinese

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	写
Kyūjitai	寫

Kanji

写

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 寫)

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

Readings

• Go-on: しゃ (sha, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha, Jōyō)
• Kun: うつす (utsusu, 写す, Jōyō); うつし (utsushi, 写し); うつる (utsuru, 写る, Jōyō)

Compounds

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) (shisha)
• 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)
• ジャケ写(しゃ) (jakesha)
• 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)
• 頓写(とんしゃ) (tonsha) quickly copying something; dead memorial service where many gather to transcribe a sutra in one day
• 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(びょう)写(しゃ) (byōsha)
• 複写(ふくしゃ) (fukusha)
• 模写(もしゃ) (mosha), 摸写(もしゃ) (mosha)
• 臨写(りんしゃ) (rinsha)
• 被(ひ)写(しゃ)界(かい)深(しん)度(ど) (hishakaishindo)
• 写(しゃ)経(きょう) (shakyō)
• 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(ひ)写(しゃ)体(たい) (hishatai)
• 写譜(しゃふ) (shafu)
• 写本(しゃほん) (shahon): manuscript
• 写(しゃ)メール (shamēru)

Related terms

• 写(うつ)す (utsusu)
• 写(うつ)る (utsuru)