写 (utsusu) Kanji Meaning: "Copy" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

N4138 of 1665 strokes

Drawing: A cover over the paper, tracing it line by line: copy.

写 means copy

be photographed, describe

A cover over the paper, tracing it line by line: copy.

On'yomi

  • シャsha
  • ジャja

Kun'yomi

  • うつ(す)utsusu
  • うつ(る)utsuru
  • うつutsu
  • うつ(し)utsushi

How it's built

  • 冖cover
  • 与give

Common words

  • 写るうつるto be photographed; to be projected
  • 写生しゃせいsketching; drawing from nature
  • 写真しゃしんphotograph; photo
  • 写すうつすto copy; to duplicate

Through history

  1. Seal script form of 写Seal
  2. Today
Written 寫 before Japan's postwar reform.

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