写 (xiě): meaning and stroke order
写 (xiě) means to write, used in 写意.
写
- Simplified
- 写
- Traditional
- 寫
- Pinyin
- xiě · xiè
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Stroke order of 写
写
- xiě to write
- xiè used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 5 strokes
- Traditional form: 寫
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Meaning of 写
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xiě
Traditional 寫
- to write
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xiè
Traditional 寫
- used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
Radical and structure
- 写
- Radical 冖 (Kangxi radical 14) · 5 strokes · 冖 on top, 与 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
写 in our stories
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一个女孩说：“你会写汉字吗？”
yí gè nǚhái shuō nǐ huì xiě Hànzì ma
A girl says, "Can you write Chinese characters?"
From the story The first day at school HSK 1
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许诺心里很难过，她给白露写了一封信，说自己错了。
Xǔ Nuò xīnli hěn nánguò tā gěi Bái Lù xiě le yì fēng xìn shuō zìjǐ cuò le
Xu Nuo felt terrible. She wrote Bai Lu a letter saying she was wrong.
From the story That last piece HSK 3
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传说孔子出生以前，一只麒麟来到他家，吐出了一块写着字的玉。
chuánshuō Kǒngzǐ chūshēng yǐqián yì zhī qílín láidào tā jiā tǔ chū le yí kuài xiě zhe zì de yù
Legend says that before Confucius was born, a qilin came to his home and spat out a piece of jade with writing on it.
From the story The qilin HSK 4
Where you learn it
写 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 写
- The first day at school HSK 1
- That last piece HSK 3
- The qilin HSK 4
- The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4
- Twelve hours apart HSK 4
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).