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しゃしん

photograph

Mnemonic

A copy of the true thing, made by holding still and pressing once. Sha しゃ, shin しん, and this one has the whole family in it: しゃしん.

Built from

copy, photograph
A cover over a thing being set down again exactly as it was. Copying first, and photographs once those arrived.
truth, real
A lid over something set down straight and true underneath it. Nothing altered on the way.

Words sharing these kanji

serious, sincere serious, earnest deep red truth, reality imitation, mimicry straight ahead, straightforward

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