xiě

write

Original meaning: 

relocate

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

Components
冖 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

cover

is a component form of .

与 simplified component

  Simplified component

  

and

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

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

() 

xiě

write; draw, sketch; compose; to write

Most common words with 写
Freq.
Word
Meaning

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)

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

Unicode

U+5199


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