寫

Translingual

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation 1

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.); to exhaust
4. to write (with a pen, brush, etc.); to write down

   寫字／写字  ―  xiězì  ―  to write characters

   你中意寫潦草定係正階？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你中意写潦草定系正阶？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ zung¹ ji³ se² liu⁴ cou² ding⁶ hai⁶ zing³ gaai¹?

   Do you like to write in cursive or print?

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.

   I wrote a letter to my mother.

   這首曲子是誰寫的？ [MSC, trad.]
   这首曲子是谁写的？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè shǒu qǔzi shì shéi xiě de?

   Who composed this piece?

8. to write; to fill in by writing

   寫功課／写功课  ―  xiě gōngkè  ―  to do homework

9. to draw; to sketch; to portrait
10. to sign; to formalise
11. to read; to say (to consist of certain text; to indicate in written form)
    • 2018, 李雅言 [Louis Lee], 十八小時環遊世界, Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, →ISBN, page 51:

      不懂德文的你，能猜出餐牌寫的是甚麼嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
      不懂德文的你，能猜出餐牌写的是什么吗？ [MSC, simp.]

      Bùdǒng Déwén de nǐ, néng cāichū cānpái xiě de shì shénme ma?

      For the one who doesn't understand German, can you figure out what the menu is saying?

    • 2021, 默颺, 我專門幫人擺分手和頭酒, Hong Kong: 白卷出版社, →ISBN, page 139:

      紙上面寫滿Kelly嘅筆記，而校刊入面有我當年讀嗰班嘅班相，有啲人頭上面寫住「搵咗」，有啲側邊寫咗「歐雪好朋友，但去咗澳洲」，總之唔同人都有唔同嘅註解，而歐雪張相隔籬畫咗一個大問號，寫住「大祕密？傷害？」。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      纸上面写满Kelly嘅笔记，而校刊入面有我当年读嗰班嘅班相，有啲人头上面写住「揾咗」，有啲侧边写咗「欧雪好朋友，但去咗澳洲」，总之唔同人都有唔同嘅注解，而欧雪张相隔篱画咗一个大问号，写住「大秘密？伤害？」。 [Cantonese, simp.]

      zi² soeng⁶ min⁶ se² mun⁵ Kelly ge³ bat¹ gei³, ji⁴ haau⁶ hon² jap⁶ min⁶ jau⁵ ngo⁵ dong¹ nin⁴ duk⁶ go² baan¹ ge³ baan¹ soeng^3-2, jau⁵ di¹ jan⁴ tau⁴ soeng⁶ min⁶ se² zyu⁶ “wan² zo²”, jau⁵ di¹ zak¹ bin¹ se² zo² “au¹ syut³ hou² pang⁴ jau⁵, daan⁶ heoi³ zo² ou³ zau¹”, zung² zi¹ m⁴ tung⁴ jan⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ m⁴ tung⁴ ge³ zyu³ gaai², ji⁴ au¹ syut³ zoeng¹ soeng^3-2 gaak³ lei⁴ waak⁶ zo² jat¹ go³ daai⁶ man⁶ hou⁶, se² zyu⁶ “daai⁶ bei³ mat⁶? soeng¹ hoi⁶?”.

      The paper was full of Kelly's notes, and in the school magazine, there was a class photo of the class I was in. On some people's heads, it read "Found"; beside some of them, it read "Au-suet's good friend, but went to Australia". Anyhow, there were different comments for different people, and beside Au-suet's photo, she drew a big question mark, and it read "Big secret? Hurt?".

12. ^† to reflect; to resemble; to echo
13. ^† to rent

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

寫

1. ^† Alternative form of 卸 (xiè, “to unload; to disassemble”)
2. Used in 寫意／写意 (xièyì, “comfortable; easy”).
3. Alternative form of 瀉／泻 (xiè, “to pour out; to leak”)

Compounds

Further reading

• “Entry #11039”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

(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)

Korean

Hanja

寫 (eumhun 베낄 사 (bekkil sa))

1. Hanja form^? of 사 (“copy”).

Compounds

• 사진 (寫眞, sajin, “photograph”)

Vietnamese

Han character

寫: Hán Nôm readings: tả, giã

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