寫

See also: 写 and 冩

Translingual

Japanese	写
Simplified	写
Traditional	寫

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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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／形声, OC *sjaːʔ) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 舄 (OC *sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 寫

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

Further reading

• “Entry #11039”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	写
Kyūjitai	寫

Kanji

寫

(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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