写

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to write

Sound it out + = · + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Components 冖与

write · Heisig RSH #1033

crown + 与 offer

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
听写	tīng xiě	(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by …
不区分大小写	bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě	case insensitive; not distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
区分大小写	qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě	case sensitive; distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
大小写	dà xiǎo xiě	capitals and lowercase letters
书写语言	shū xiě yǔ yán	written language
手写体	shǒu xiě tǐ	handwritten form; cursive
书写不能症	shū xiě bù néng zhèng	agraphia
大写字母	dà xiě zì mǔ	capital letters; uppercase letters
小写字母	xiǎo xiě zì mǔ	lowercase (letters)
写字台	xiě zì tái	writing desk
写字板	xiě zì bǎn	writing tablet; clipboard
博客写手	bó kè xiě shǒu	blogger; blog writer
能写会算	néng xiě huì suàn	(idiom) to be literate and numerate
大写	dà xiě	capital letters; uppercase letters; block letters; banker's anti-fraud numerals
写生	xiě shēng	to sketch from nature; to do a still life drawing
手写笔	shǒu xiě bǐ	(computing) stylus pen
小写	xiǎo xiě	lowercase
非写实	fēi xiě shí	nonrepresentational
写手	xiě shǒu	person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal); scribe; copyist; a t…
手写	shǒu xiě	to write by hand

These characters use 写 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
写 sound part	xiě	to write; to draw, to sketch; to compose
泻	xiè	to leak; diarrhea