Chinese symbol for “depiction”
描写
miáo xiě
Traditional: 描寫
to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for depiction is 描写 (miáo xiě), defined as: to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “depiction”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 描写.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 描述 | miáo shù | to describe; description |
| 描绘 (描繪) | miáo huì | to describe; to depict; to portray |
| 扫描 (掃描) | sǎo miáo | to scan |
| 素描 | sù miáo | sketch |
| 轻描淡写 (輕描淡寫) | qīng miáo dàn xiě | (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay |
| 写作 (寫作) | xiě zuò | to write; to compose |
| 撰写 (撰寫) | zhuàn xiě | to write; to compose |
| 书写 (書寫) | shū xiě | to write |
See also: Japanese symbol for “depiction”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.