複写
ふくしゃ · fukusha · JLPT N2 · noun
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📄📄 複 (fuku, double) + 写 (sha, copy) = a double copy
複 means double or duplicate, and 写 means copy or transcribe. Joined, they name the act of making a copy, so the word itself says double copy.
写 — 宀 roof + 与 (phonetic, simplified from 寫)
Originally 寫 depicted placing something under a roof (宀), extended to mean 'to set down' and then 'to write/copy'. The simplified form 写 keeps the roof but replaces the complex inner element with 与, which also hints at the sound. Today it broadly means 'to write' or 'to depict'.