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手写 (しゅしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

手しゅ写しゃ

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

copying by hand; hand-copying

Refers to the act of manually copying a text or document, often in contrast to photocopying or printing.

古こ文ぶん書しょを手しゅ写しゃする作さ業ぎょうは根こん気きがいる。
The task of hand-copying old documents requires patience.
手しゅ写しゃした原げん稿こうを提てい出しゅつ

し

た

。

I submitted the manuscript I copied by hand.

Kanji

手hand
写copy, be photographed, describe

Similar words

筆ひっ写しゃ
筆写 also means 'copying by hand' but often implies using a brush or pen, and can carry a more formal or calligraphic nuance.
複ふく写しゃ
複写 means 'copying' in a general sense, including photocopying or duplicating, not necessarily by hand.

Etymology

Compound of 手 (hand) and 写 (copy), literally 'hand-copy'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese word-formation pattern.