Kanji: 写 copy

JLPT N4 | 5 Strokes

Kanji Parts: 

• 冖 cover; crown
• 与 bestow; gift [Give me a high five 5 and I'll bestow you one 一]

Mnemonic Story: 

I was bestowed 与 a crown 冖, but it turned out to be a copy.

Stroke Order:

Examples:

• 写真【しゃしん】 photograph; photo
• 写実性【しゃじつせい】 realism; reality

その絵(え)は、まるで写真(しゃしん)のようだった。

That painting looked just like a photograph.

• その that
• 絵 picture; painting
• まるで just like; as if
• 写真 photo
• のよう seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to
• だった was