古文 gǔ wén

old language; Classical Chinese as a school subject

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 36797th word

Definitions

  1. 1. old language
  2. 2. Classical Chinese as a school subject
  3. 3. Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose
  4. 4. the Classics

Characters

Character Meaning
古 gǔ HSK 5
ancient; old; surname Gu
文 wén HSK 3
writing; culture; language