寫

See also: 写 and 冩

寫 U+5BEB, 寫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BEB ← 寪 [U+5BEA] CJK Unified Ideographs 寬 → [U+5BEC]

Translingual

Japanese	写
Simplified	写
Traditional	寫

Han character

寫 (radical 40, 宀+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十竹X火 (JHXF), four-corner 3032₇, composition ⿱宀舄)

References

• KangXi: page 292, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7320
• Dae Jaweon: page 578, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 953, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5BEB

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Chinese

trad.		寫
simp.		写

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (舄) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
寫	*sjaːʔ
瀉	*sjaːʔ, *sjaːɡs
舄	*sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ
獡	*hjaɡ
潟	*sjaːɡ
磶	*sjaːɡ
蕮	*sjaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sjaːʔ): semantic 宀 + phonetic 舄 (OC *sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiě (xie³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): ще (xi͡ə, II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siá
• Min Bei (KCR): siǎ
• Min Dong (BUC): siā
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): siá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sia²

• Wu (Wiktionary): xia (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiie
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛ²¹⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: ще (xi͡ə, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiə⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: se²
    • Yale: sé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siá
    • Hakka Romanization System: xia`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xia³
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯a³¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá
    • Tâi-lô: siá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xia (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕia̱³⁴/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 寫
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕiɛ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ɕiɛ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ɕie¹³/
	Jinan	/ɕiə⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/siə⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/siɛ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ɕiɛ⁵³/
	Xining	/ɕi⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ɕie⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕiə⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ɕiɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ɕie⁴²/
	Chengdu	/ɕie⁵³/
	Guiyang	/ɕie⁴²/
	Kunming	/ɕiɛ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/sie²¹²/
	Hefei	/ɕi²⁴/ /se²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕie⁵³/
	Pingyao	/ɕie̞⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ɕie⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɕia³⁵/
	Suzhou	/siɑ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ɕi⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/sei³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/se³⁵/ /ɕye³⁵/
	Tunxi	/siɛ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/sie⁴¹/ /sia⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/siɒ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕiɑ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/sia³¹/
	Taoyuan	/siɑ³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɛ³⁵/
	Nanning	/ɬɛ³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/sɛ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/sia⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/sia³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/sia²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/sia⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tia²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /sia^X/▼

Rime
Character	寫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	悉姐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siaX/
Pan Wuyun	/siaX/
Shao Rongfen	/siaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaX/
Li Rong	/siaX/
Wang Li	/sĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiě

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-qʰAʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sjaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	寫	寫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiě	xiě
Middle Chinese	‹ sjæX ›	‹ sjæX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-qʰAʔ/	/*s-qʰAʔ/
English	depict	drain off
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寫
Reading #	1/1
No.	13430
Phonetic component	舄
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	寫
Old Chinese	/*sjaːʔ/

Definitions

寫

1. ^† to place; to displace; to relocate
2. ^† to carry; to relay
3. ^† to express; to pour out (one's heart, troubles, etc.)
4. to write (with a pen, brush, etc.); to write down
5. to copy; to transcribe
6. to follow; to describe; to depict
7. to compose (a text or work); to write; to draft; to create

   • 我給媽媽寫了一封信。 [MSC, trad.]
     我给妈妈写了一封信。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ gěi māma xiě le yī fēng xìn. [Pinyin]

     I wrote a letter to my mother.

8. to draw; to sketch; to portrait
9. to sign; to formalise
10. ^† to rent

Compounds

Derived terms from 寫

• 代寫／代写 (dàixiě)
• 傳寫／传写
• 兩腳寫字／两脚写字
• 六朝寫經／六朝写经
• 初寫黃庭／初写黄庭
• 古寫／古写
• 圖寫／图写
• 塗寫／涂写 (túxiě)
• 填寫／填写 (tiánxiě)
• 大寫／大写 (dàxiě)
• 大特寫／大特写
• 密寫／密写
• 寫作／写作 (xiězuò)
• 寫信／写信 (xiěxìn)
• 寫字／写字 (xiězì)
• 寫字兒／写字儿
• 寫字樓／写字楼 (xiězìlóu)
• 寫字檯／写字台 (xiězìtái)
• 寫實／写实 (xiěshí)
• 寫實主義／写实主义 (xiěshízhǔyì)
• 寫實派／写实派
• 寫實片／写实片
• 寫形／写形
• 寫意／写意 (xiěyì)
• 寫意畫／写意画
• 寫憂／写忧
• 寫景／写景

• 寫書／写书 (xiěshū)
• 寫本／写本 (xiěběn)
• 寫法／写法 (xiěfǎ)
• 寫照／写照 (xiězhào)
• 寫生／写生 (xiěshēng)
• 寫白／写白
• 寫真／写真 (xiězhēn)
• 寫真版／写真版
• 寫真集／写真集 (xiězhēnjí)
• 寫稿／写稿
• 小寫／小写 (xiǎoxiě)
• 影寫本／影写本
• 手寫繪圖／手写绘图
• 手寫輸入／手写输入
• 手寫辨似／手写辨似
• 手寫體／手写体
• 抄寫／抄写 (chāoxiě)
• 抒寫／抒写 (shūxiě)
• 拼寫／拼写 (pīnxiě)
• 描寫／描写 (miáoxiě)
• 描寫句／描写句
• 摹寫／摹写 (móxiě)
• 撰寫／撰写 (zhuànxiě)
• 改寫／改写 (gǎixiě)
• 書寫／书写 (shūxiě)
• 模寫／模写
• 模寫論／模写论

• 橫寫／横写
• 正寫／正写 (zhèngxiě)
• 淘寫／淘写
• 特寫／特写 (tèxiě)
• 特寫鏡頭／特写镜头
• 簡寫／简写 (jiǎnxiě)
• 編寫／编写 (biānxiě)
• 縮寫／缩写 (suōxiě)
• 繕寫／缮写 (shànxiě)
• 聽寫／听写 (tīngxiě)
• 臨寫／临写
• 草寫／草写
• 蒲牒寫書／蒲牒写书
• 複寫／复写 (fùxiě)
• 複寫紙／复写纸 (fùxiězhǐ)
• 誤寫／误写
• 謄寫／誊写 (téngxiě)
• 謄寫鋼版／誊写钢版
• 譜寫／谱写 (pǔxiě)
• 讀寫／读写 (dúxiě)
• 輕描淡寫／轻描淡写 (qīngmiáodànxiě)
• 速寫／速写 (sùxiě)
• 連寫／连写 (liánxiě)
• 防寫口／防写口
• 陶寫／陶写
• 體物寫志／体物写志
• 默寫／默写 (mòxiě)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

寫

1. ^† Alternative form of 卸 (xiè, “to unload; to disassemble”).
2. Used in 寫意／写意 (xiěyì, “comfortable; easy; handsome”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 寫

• 寫意兒／写意儿

• 輸寫／输写

Further reading

• “Entry #11039”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	写
Kyūjitai	寫

Kanji

寫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 写)

1. photograph, copy, replicate, reproduce, transcribe
2. be photographed
3. describe

Readings

• Go-on: しゃ (sha)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha)
• Kun: うつす (utsusu, 寫す)

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Korean

Hanja

寫 (eumhun 베낄 사 (bekkil sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

寫: Hán Nôm readings: tả, giã

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