写す

Meanings

1. to copy; to duplicate; to reproduce; to trace; to transcribe
2. to describe; to depict; to portray; to express
3. to imitate; to model after
4. to take (a photo); to photograph; to film; to shoot

Part of speech: godan verb (す), transitive

Kanji

• 写

  Meanings

  copy, be photographed, describe

  On reading

  シャ、ジャ

  Kun reading

  うつ.す、うつ.る、うつ-、うつ.し

  Strokes

  5

Example sentences

• このページをノートに写しておきなさい。

  Copy this page in your notebook.

  Tatoeba #223218 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• その写真は空から写されたものである。

  The picture was taken from the air.

  Tatoeba #209615 · CC BY 2.0 FR