Refers to the act of copying or tracing something, often by hand or by placing paper over the original. Can also refer to the resulting copy.
He made a copy of the map by tracing it.
This document is a copy, not the original.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant spelling without okurigana き; less common.
Compound of 引き (hiki, continuative form of 引く 'to pull') + 写し (utsushi, continuative form of 写す 'to copy'). Literally 'pull-copying', referring to the action of tracing by pulling a brush or pen along the lines of the original.