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1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is とう. It has 17 strokes and relates to copying a text or producing an official copy.
• Basic usage: 謄写 is read とうしゃ, and 謄本 is read とうほん.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 謄写 and 謄本
  • 謄写 means copying or transcription. It refers to the act of copying or transcribing the contents of a document.
  • 古い文書を一字ずつノートに謄写した。 means “I transcribed the old document into my notebook one character at a time.”
  • 謄本 means certified copy or transcript. It refers to the document itself: a full transcript or certified copy of an original.
  • 授業では架空の謄本を使って書類の見方を学んだ。 means “In class, we used a fictional certified copy to learn how to read official documents.”