# 写 — Copy

Frequency rank 432 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 背 (Back), less common than 介 (Jammed In).

- On’yomi: しゃ
- Kun’yomi: うつ
- Radical: 冖 Cloth Cover (Kangxi 14)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A roof (roof) on top, a stool (stool) in the middle, and legs (legs) at the bottom — under the roof, someone sits on a stool with legs dangling, copying a manuscript, making a perfect copy.

In words:

- 写す うつす — to copy or photograph
- 写真 しゃしん — photograph
- 写る うつる — to be photographed,to be projected

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