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Kanji Detail for 謄 - "copy, transcribe"

謄

  • Meaning

    謄 means "copy, transcribe." Also associated with write.

    1. Copy - To transcribe; to reproduce.

    2. Transcribe - To make a written copy of an original document.

  • Words using 謄

    • 戸籍謄本 こせきとうほん Listen official copy of the family register

  • Origin of 謄

    言, words, under 朕, which lends the reading to: to copy out. 謄本 is a certified transcript — the word on a 戸籍謄本, the full copy of a family register.

    How to remember it: Words 言 carried over exactly as they were — a transcript.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 謄

    • Verified meaning: copy, transcribe
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たかし)
    • Also carries these associations: write

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 謄

    Surnames 謄(たかし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mimeograph; copy

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    copy, transcribe

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to transcribe; to copy out

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to copy, to transcribe

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To transcribe and copy. Such as saying 謄錄 (transcribe), 謄寫 (copy out).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    copy transcribe write duplicate transcript clone document facsimile replication reprint reproduction

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