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写

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to write

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #944 U+5199

How 写 is formed

components: 冖 与

How to remember it

write · Heisig RSH #1033

crown + 与 offer

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 写 as their sound component

These characters all use 写 (xiě) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
写 sound component xiě to write; to draw, to sketch; to compose
泻 xiè to leak; diarrhea

Words containing 写

WordPinyinMeaning
不区分大小写 bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě case insensitive; not distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
区分大小写 qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě case sensitive; distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
大小写 dà xiǎo xiě capitals and lowercase letters
书写语言 shū xiě yǔ yán written language
手写体 shǒu xiě tǐ handwritten form; cursive
书写不能症 shū xiě bù néng zhèng agraphia
大写字母 dà xiě zì mǔ capital letters; uppercase letters
小写字母 xiǎo xiě zì mǔ lowercase (letters)
写字台 xiě zì tái writing desk
写字板 xiě zì bǎn writing tablet; clipboard
博客写手 bó kè xiě shǒu blogger; blog writer
能写会算 néng xiě huì suàn (idiom) to be literate and numerate
大写 dà xiě capital letters; uppercase letters; block letters; banker's anti-fraud numerals
写生 xiě shēng to sketch from nature; to do a still life drawing
手写笔 shǒu xiě bǐ (computing) stylus pen
小写 xiǎo xiě lowercase
非写实 fēi xiě shí nonrepresentational
写手 xiě shǒu person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal); scribe; copyist; a t…
手写 shǒu xiě to write by hand
手写识别 shǒu xiě shí bié handwriting recognition