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书写

shūxiě

to write

A child carefully writes with a brush at a desk
Memory picture

Characters in this word

书 shū

Strokes
4
Radical
丨 — vertical stroke
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

写 xiě

Strokes
5
Radical
冖 — cover
Made of
冖 cover 与 and

Example phrases

  • 孩子刚开始学习书写时,笔画顺序非常重要。 Háizi gāng kāishǐ xuéxí shūxiě shí, bǐhuà shùnxù fēicháng zhòngyào. When children first learn to write, stroke order is very important.
  • 请用正楷书写你的姓名和地址。 Qǐng yòng zhèngkǎi shūxiě nǐ de xìngmíng hé dìzhǐ. Please write your name and address in regular script.
  • 他的书写速度很快,字却依然工整。 Tā de shūxiě sùdù hěn kuài, zì què yīrán gōngzhěng. He writes very fast, yet his characters are still neat.

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