写
寫xiè
#448 most
frequent character
used in 寫意|写意[xie4yi4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
写 is shorthand for 寫. 冖 is an abbreviated 宀 building, and 与 stands for the old sound part 舄 xì. The first sense was moving something elsewhere. That grew to copy or reproduce, describe, and write or compose.
写 as a component in other characters
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