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".
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 寫
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to write | ||
to write | ||
to write a letter | ||
to fill in a form | ||
to describe |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s-qʰAʔ | sjaeX | xiě | depict |
*s-qʰAʔ | sjaeX | xiě | drain off |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 67.9801% of movies
428th most common character in movies
448th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5BEB |
Shuowen | “寫，置物也。从宀，舄聲。” |
Sources
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