Components

撮 means 'take a picture'

Animation / stroke order not available.
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 15    Frequency: 996   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-9    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 37 words   Used in 79 words   Used in 8 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   サツ
Kun
   to take (a picture)
Kun    つま   -ど
⿰   () hand   most  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
LOG IN to view your flashcards
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 撮 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 撮 is used 77 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
Showing:
サツ : 48 words FIND ALL
0
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
(click the word for examples and links)
: 11 words FIND ALL
1
Most common form: とる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take (a photo)  (esp. 撮る)
2. to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)  (esp. 録る)
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
つま : 10 words FIND ALL
2
noun
1. pinch (of something); one piece
2. easy victory
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
(read as ど) : 8 words FIND ALL
noun (suffix)
takes (e.g. of photographs); exposures
(click the word for examples and links)
An additional 2 less common words include 撮 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1305  Joy o' Kanji : 1305  Key to Kanji:

Cascading kanji view

サツ   take a picture   と to take (a picture)   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
サイ   もっと most   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
シュ   と to take   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
hand
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×