Japanese word

スキャン

Pronunciation

Romajisukyan

Meaning

  • nounscan

Example

書類をスキャンします。sho rui o su kya n shi ma su

I scan the documents.

Illustration for スキャン (scan)

More examples

この機械で領収書をスキャンできます。ko no ki kai de ryō shū sho o su kya n de ki ma su

You can scan receipts with this machine.

Core concept

Captures the contents of a physical page or image and turns them into digital information that a device can store or process.

Common phrases

  • 領収書をスキャンするryō shū sho o su kya n su ru

    scan a receipt

  • ページをスキャンするpē ji o su kya n su ru

    scan a page

  • 手書きの書類をスキャンするte ga ki no sho rui o su kya n su ru

    scan handwritten documents

Similar words

読み取りyomitori: Capturing text or images from a physical source so a device can use them digitally.

Definition in Japanese

紙の書類や写真などを機器で読み取り、コンピューターで扱えるデジタルデータに変換すること。kami no sho rui ya sha shin na do o ki ki de yo mi to ri ko n pyū tā de atsuka e ru de ji ta ru dē ta ni hen kan su ru ko to

Word origin

The loanword スキャン (sukyan) comes from English scan, which traces back to Latin scandere, "to climb," through the idea of moving over written material.

Usage tips

  • In English, scan can also mean to look through a text quickly for particular information, as in scan the article for dates.

Related words

  • スキャンするsukyansuruscanverb
  • スキャナーsukyanāscannernoun

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