寫

See also: 写 and 冩

寫	U+5BEB, 寫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BEB

← 寪
[U+5BEA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

寬 →
[U+5BEC]

Translingual[edit]

Japanese	写
Simplified	写
Traditional	寫

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad.		寫
simp.		写

Glyph origin[edit]

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[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiě (xie³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˇ

(Chengdu, SP): xie³

(Dungan, Cyrillic): ще (xi͡ə, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): se²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhie²
Gan (Wiktionary): xia³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siá

(Meixian, Guangdong): xia³
Jin (Wiktionary): xie²
Min Bei (KCR): siǎ
Min Dong (BUC): siā
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): siá

(Teochew, Peng'im): sia²
Wu (Wiktionary): xia (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): sia³ / sie³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiie
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xie³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xie
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛ⁵³/
- (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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhie²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiɛ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xia³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕia²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siá
  - Hakka Romanization System: xia`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xia³
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯a³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xia³
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕia³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xie²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie⁵³/
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/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sia³ / sie³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /sia̠⁴¹/, /sie̞⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕia̠⁴¹/, /ɕie̞⁴¹/

Note:

sia3 - vernacular;
sie3 - literary.

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/
Hui	Tunxi	/siɛ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/sie⁴¹/ /sia⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/siɒ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕiɑ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/sia³¹/
Hakka	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/

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	/sia^X/
Pan Wuyun	/sia^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sia^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sia^X/
Li Rong	/sia^X/
Wang Li	/sĭa^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯a^X/
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	‹ sjæ^X ›	‹ sjæ^X ›
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[edit]

寫

^† to place; to displace; to relocate
^† to carry; to relay
^† to express; to pour out (one's heart, troubles, etc.)
to write (with a pen, brush, etc.); to write down
to copy; to transcribe
to follow; to describe; to depict
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.
to draw; to sketch; to portrait
to sign; to formalise
^† to rent

Compounds[edit]

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
寫手／写手
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[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

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

Definitions[edit]

寫

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

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 寫

寫意兒／写意儿

輸寫／输写

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai	写
Kyūjitai	寫

Kanji[edit]

寫

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

photograph, copy, replicate, reproduce, transcribe
be photographed
describe

Readings[edit]

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

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

寫 (eumhun 베낄 사 (bekkil sa))

Hanja form^? of 사 (“copy”).

Compounds[edit]

사진 (寫眞, sajin, “photograph”)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

寫: Hán Nôm readings: tả, giã

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寫

Contents

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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