Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1023 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: snapshot, take pictures

Kunyomi: と.る つま.む -ど.り

Onyomi: サツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

サツエイ photography (still or motion), photographing, filming, shooting, (video) recording

影会 サツエイカイ photography event, photo session, photo shoot

トクサツ special effects, SFX, tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, e.g. Godzilla)

クウサツ aerial photography

Kunyomi Examples

とる to take (a photograph), to record (audio or video), to film, to shoot

摘む つまむ to pinch, to hold (between one's fingers), to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.), to pick up and eat, to snack on, to pick out (the main point), to summarize, to sum up, to bewitch, to possess, to fascinate