写
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In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 寫
To write — characters, a letter, a book. The thing written follows the verb: 写字 'write (characters)', 写信 'write a letter', 写名字 'write one's name'. 'How do you write this character?' is 这个字怎么写?
Viết: viết chữ, viết thư, viết sách. Thứ được viết đặt ngay sau động từ: 写字 (viết chữ), 写信 (viết thư), 写名字 (viết tên). 这个字怎么写？ nghĩa là “chữ này viết thế nào?”
VerbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “写” mean?
To write — characters, a letter, a book. The thing written follows the verb: 写字 'write (characters)', 写信 'write a letter', 写名字 'write one's name'. 'How do you write this character?' is 这个字怎么写?
Is “写” formal or informal?
写 is generally neutral.