Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 8 freq #1023

snapshot, take pictures

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

photography (still or motion); photographing
special effects; SFX
special effects; SFX
photography; taking photographs
time-lapse photography
rod used to ward off calamities (usu. made of holly olive)
movie set; filming location
shooting script (film, television); continuity
high-angle shot; bird's-eye shot
high-speed photography

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to take (a photograph)
takes (e.g. of photographs); exposures
to take photographs for later use; to record videos for archiving
photographing or filming new content (for a DVD, magazine, etc.)
railway enthusiast who enjoys taking pictures of trains
selfie stick
plate holder (photography); cassette
upskirting
upskirting
(image) shooting mode (on a digital camera)

Example sentences

The picture will finish shooting in three days.

Some of the photos have been taken at the risk of life and limb.

He has shot some Westerns in Arizona.

There is insufficient light to take pictures.