to suggest (rather than depict in detail); freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details
trad. 寫意
Also written 寫意【xiě yì】
Characters in this word
2写
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to write
- Pinyin
- xiě
- Traditional
- 寫
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 382 of 2500
意
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense, (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind, (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- Pinyin
- yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 8987 of 2500