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to write

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xie3 xiě

Meaning


Primary

to write

Alternatives

write, writes, wrote, writing

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in the [3] basement of the [-e] electricity plant, where she is being kept against her will by the evil CEO. She gets a 宀 dollhouse and uses a 臼 mortar to grind it to bits, which she puts in a 勹 container. She then uses those bits to fuel her 灬 burner, which she uses, along with her sword, 寫 to write her thoughts onto the cement floor.

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