record

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is ろく, and no kun reading is listed. It has 16 strokes. It appears in words for recording images or sound.
• Basic usage: 録画 is read ろくが, and 録音 is read ろくおん.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 録画 / 録音
  • 録画 means recording and is read ろくが. It refers to recording an event such as a presentation as video.
  • 発表会を録画しました。 means “We recorded the presentation.”
  • 録音 means recording and is read ろくおん. It refers to recording sound such as waves or a meeting.
  • 波の音を録音して映像の背景に使った。 means “I recorded the sound of the waves and used it as background audio for the video.”