Read Edit View history Discussion 寫 xiěxiè HSK1 write Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 舄 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "relocate". The meaning later shifted to "copy" and "write". Pinyin Separate values with commas xiě × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 写 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 寫 Simp strokes 寫 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 寫 Simp strokes 寫 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 寫 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 442, 863 ], [ 514, 831 ], [ 546, 794 ] ], [ [ 228, 744 ], [ 240, 711 ], [ 199, 616 ], [ 197, 570 ] ], [ [ 262, 678 ], [ 284, 694 ], [ 311, 701 ], [ 489, 730 ], [ 679, 751 ], [ 735, 755 ], [ 766, 750 ], [ 783, 735 ], [ 794, 711 ], [ 709, 641 ] ], [ [ 371, 642 ], [ 384, 612 ], [ 330, 567 ], [ 320, 561 ], [ 311, 564 ] ], [ [ 260, 551 ], [ 293, 528 ], [ 344, 374 ], [ 361, 360 ] 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