写作 xiězuò▶ escritura

Stroke order

写作 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 写 — 5 strokes
• 作 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. to write
2. to compose
3. writing
4. written works

Related words

• 作为Como
• 作品obras, trabajos
• 作文composición
• 制作Hacer
• 合作cooperación
• 描写describir

写作 is pronounced xiězuò and means “escritura”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 写作 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.