Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

453 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: copy, be photographed, describe

Kunyomi: うつ.す うつ.る うつ- うつ.し

Onyomi: シャ ジャ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: わかんむり

Meaning: cover

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

真(しゃしん)   photograph

実的な(しゃじつてきな)   true to life

生する(しゃせいする)   sketch (drawing)

経する(しゃきょうする)   hand-copy a sutra

本する(しゃほんする)   hand-copy a manuscript

する(ふくしゃする)   copy

する(びょうしゃする)   depict

す(うつす)   film, project [v.t.]

る(うつる)   be projected [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

真集 シャシンシュウ photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models), photobook

シャシン photograph, photo, picture, snapshot, snap, moving picture, movie

ジッシャ on-the-spot filming or photography, live filming (as opposed to animation), actual picture (as opposed to a drawing), photographic image (as opposed to a drawing, computer-generated image, etc.), real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.), describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.), documentary (film)

カッシャ vivid description, painting a lively picture (of)

Kunyomi Examples

うつす to transcribe, to duplicate, to reproduce, to imitate, to trace, to describe, to film, to picture, to photograph

うつる to be photographed, to be projected

うつし copy, duplicate, facsimile, transcript

映し出す うつしだす to project, to show, to portray, to depict, to describe, to reflect