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Japanese symbol for “filmmaker”

Romaji: eizousakka
filmmaker

In Japanese, filmmaker is , read (eizousakka).

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Meanings

  1. n filmmaker

Kanji and stroke order

reflect, reflection, projection
on: エイ
kun: うつ.る、うつ.す、は.える、-ば.え
9 strokes · JLPT 3
statue, picture, image
on: ゾウ
14 strokes · JLPT 2
make, production, prepare
on: サク、サ
kun: つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り
7 strokes · JLPT 3
house, home, family
on: カ、ケ
kun: いえ、や、うち
10 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
えいが eigamovie; film; motion picture
えいぞう eizouimage (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV)
じょうえい joueiscreening (a movie); showing
はんえい han'eireflection (of light)
ほうえい houeitelevising; broadcasting; airing
うつる utsuruto be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo)
がぞう gazouimage; picture; portrait
そうぞう souzouimagination; supposition; guess
つくる tsukuruto make; to produce; to manufacture
かぞく kazokufamily

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.