wén

writing; culture; language

HSK 3 #148

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 148th character
Radical ⽂ (67.0)
Strokes 4
Index # 161

Definitions

文 wén
  1. 1. writing
  2. 2. culture
  3. 3. language
  4. 4. literary
  5. 5. formal
  6. 6. gentle
  7. 7. surname Wen
  8. 8. Kangxi radical 67
  9. 9. (old) classifier for coins

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Words containing 文

Word Meaning
(bird species of China) chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
text
clause; explanatory section in a document
cuneiform (Babylonian script)
secret document
secret document
subculture
Owen (name); Erwin (name); Irvine, California
Owens (name)
dead language; indecipherable script
comparative literature
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
chauvinism
foreign language (esp. Western) (old)
shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
genteel
cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
Manchurian written language
Manchurian written language
(PPT etc) presentation
Chinese written language
Emperor Wen of the Han dynasty
Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng