Chinese Character Wiki
写

xiě

write

Original meaning: 

relocate

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 舄 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "relocate". The meaning later shifted to "copy" and "write". The simplified character 写 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 寫.

Components
冖 meaning component

冖  Meaning component

mì

  

cover

冖 is a component form of 宀.

与 simplified component

与  Simplified component

yǔ, yú, yù

  

and

Shorthand for the 舄 component in the traditional character 寫.

Evolution

写 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
写 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
写 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
写 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

写 (寫) 

xiě

write; draw, sketch; compose; to write

Most common words with 写
Freq.
Word
Meaning

写

to write

写作

to write

写信

to write a letter

填写

to fill in a form

描写

to describe

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

泻

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 67.9801% of movies

428th most common character in movies

448th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

寫

Unicode

U+5199


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