写

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See also: 冩 and 寫
写 U+5199, 写
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5199
← 冘
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冚 →

Translingual

Stroke order
5 strokes
Japanese 写
Simplified 写
Traditional 寫

Glyph origin

From simple 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))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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 is the simplified and variant form of 寫).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

写

Kyūjitai

寫

Kanji

写

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 寫)

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

Readings

Compounds

Compounds
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