xiě​dào

to write

写道 寫道 xiě​dào
to write verb
Used to introduce or follow a written quote, often translated as "wrote" or "reads as written in...".

“I have nothing to hide,” he wrote.

“Hello,” the letter began.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.64 per million appears in 1% of films

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CH