Entry
  1. Noun

    sketch (depicting real people or nature); drawing sketched from real life

  2. magic-lantern picture; child's copying pictures; shadowgraph

  3. mirror image (e.g. of society); (metaphorical) depiction

Also written 映し絵【うつしえ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

copy, be photographed, describe

Kun
うつ.すうつ.るうつ-うつ.し
On
シャジャ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
453 of 2500
Radical
cover
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-3, 2-2-4SKIP code
2i3.1The Kanji Dictionary
3712.7, 3740.0Four corner code
3647deroo
5199Unicode hex code
1-28-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
626Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
400New Nelson (John Haig)
2000New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2493Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1260Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1726Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1247Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1336Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
489A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
494Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1570Morohashi
297A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
540Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
549Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
419sakade
124Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
313henshall3
251Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
194Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
164Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1255Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xie3Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

picture, drawing, painting, sketch

On
カイ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
895 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-6-6SKIP code
6a6.8The Kanji Dictionary
2893.1Four corner code
2771deroo
7d75Unicode hex code
1-19-08JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3537Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4488New Nelson (John Haig)
1346New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1704Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
910Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1346Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1446Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
976A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2332Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
380Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27464PMorohashi
89A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
345Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
345Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
172sakade
819Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
95henshall3
214Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
617Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1530Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1358Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hui4Pinyin reading
hoeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level