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Wén

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Wén Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Wén | Wen2
English translation
surname Wen
language
culture
writing
formal
literary
gentle
(old) classifier for coins
Kangxi radical 118
culture, literature, writing

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About Wén

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Number of strokes

4

Radical frequency

26

Traditional form

Wén

Contains the radical

Wén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A tattooed chest, representing writing

Etymology of Wén

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

亠乂

Explanation

Pictograph of a man with writing (possibly a tattoo) on his chest. In later scripts the writing was abbreviated to a dot or omitted altogether.

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Example sentences using Wén

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de 文章 wénzhāng Zhōng 错误百 chū .

There is a large crop of mistakes in your essay.

zhè piān 课文 kè wén hěn jiān .

This lesson is very easy.

ruò dǒng 英文 Yīng wén Shī 韵律 yùn lǜ , jiù 无法 wú fǎ 欣赏 xīnshǎng 英文诗.

You can't appreciate English poetry unless you understand its rhythm.

斤斤计较 jīn jīn jì jiào 文字 wénzì de 精确性,有时 yǒu shí dào le 小题大作 dà zuò de 程度 chéngdù .

His insistence upon precision of language is apt to seem fussy.

老师 lǎoshī jiào men xiě 题为 de 暑假 shǔ jià de 作文 zuòwén .

Our teacher asked us to write essays on " My Summer Holidays ".

Words with Wén

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
文化 wénhuà culture文化 wénhuà
文件 wénjiàn document文件 wénjiàn
Wén language Wén
文章 wénzhāng article文章 wénzhāng
文明 wénmíng civilized文明 wénmíng
文学 wénxué literature文學
文字 wénzì character文字 wénzì
论文 lùnwén paper論文
凯文 Kǎi wén Kevin (person name)凱文
中文 Zhōngwén Chinese language中文 Zhōngwén
文艺 wényì literature and art文藝
英文 Yīng wén English (language)英文 Yīng wén
文物 wénwù cultural relic文物 wénwù
博文 bó wén blog article博文 bó wén
原文 yuán wén original text原文 yuán wén
埃文 Aī wén Evan埃文 Aī wén
本文 běn wén this text本文 běn wén
文献 wénxiàn document文獻
欧文 Ōu wén Owen (name)歐文
文书 wén shū document文書
语文 yǔ wén literature and language語文
人文 rén wén humanities人文 rén wén
作文 zuòwén to write an essay作文 zuòwén
公文包 gōng wén bāo briefcase公文包 gōng wén bāo
文档 wén dàng (computer) file文檔

Wén Decomposition & Compounds

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Wén Compounds

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  • Wén
    • bān
    • liú
    • qián
      • ,
    • lìn
      • ,
    • mǐn
    • mín
      • mín , wén ,
      • , ,
    • mǐn
      • mǐn , , ,
    • zhè , wén , fén , fěi , wén , wěn , zhāi , wén , bīn , wèn , lán , wén , wén , wén , duì , wèn , mín , wèn , zhāi , bān , mín , wén , wén , xìn , , , , xué , , , , lán , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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