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写: copy

copy; photograph
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Readings

On
シャ・ジャ
Kun
うつす・うつる・うつ・うつし

しゃ in 写真(しゃしん), 写生(しゃせい), 描写(びょうしゃ). 写す(うつす) "copy; take (a photo)", 写る(うつる) "appear (in a photo)".

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Key words

写真しゃしんphotograph
写すうつすto copy; to photograph
写るうつるto appear in a photo
描写びょうしゃdepiction
写生しゃせいsketching from life

Example sentences

On the trip I took lots of pictures of beautiful mountains.

I copied the characters on the blackboard into my notebook.

I sketched the scenery outside the window in my sketchbook.

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