IDENTITY
写xiěto write
HSK 1Top 270
CORE MEANING
to write
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to writeHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 宀roof radical (mián)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱冖与
- cover
- gives the sound xiě (historical)
USAGE
Common words
写字xiězìto write characters
写作xiězuòwriting
填写tiánxiěto fill in (a form)
Graded examples
请在这里写你的名字。Qǐng zài zhèlǐ xiě nǐ de míngzi.HSK2
Please write your name here.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 泻
LEARNING
Memory aid
Putting words under a roof (冖) — writing them down at home.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #270
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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