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文字 wénzì

文字 wénzì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 8 English Translations of the word 文字 wénzì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wénzì | wen2 zi4
English translation
character
script
writing
written language
writing style
phraseology
CL:個 gè
>个 gè [gè]

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About 文字 wénzì

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HSK level

5

Traditional form

文字 wénzì

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 文字 wénzì

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 文字 wénzì .

文 Wén

Type

pictographic

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.

Positional decomposition

⿱亠乂

Number of Strokes

4
字 zì

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 gài represents the meaning and 子 zǐ represents the sound. The 宀 gài (roof) component is based on the original meaning "raise; nurture". The meaning later shifted to "educate", "word", and "writing".

Positional decomposition

⿱宀子

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 文字 wénzì

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

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

一 yī 份 fèn 录音带 lù yīn dài 的 de 文字 wénzì 本 běn 作为 zuòwéi 证据 zhèngjù 被 bèi 呈交 chéng jiāo 法庭 fǎ tíng .

A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.

步骤 bùzhòu 3: 在 zài 相关 xiāngguān 文 Wén 字 zì 方格 fāng gé 内 nèi ,输入 shūrù 讨论题文 Wén 及 jí 讯息 xùn xī 内文.

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这 zhè 段 Duàn 艰涩的 de 文字 wénzì 可以 kěyǐ 作 zuò 出好几 jī 种 zhǒng 解释 jiěshì .

The involved and abstruse passage makes several interpretations possible.

这 zhè 篇 piān 文章 wénzhāng 内容 nèiróng 不错 bù cuò , 只是 zhǐ shì 文字 wénzì 略 lüè 嫌罗唆 suō .

The article is good in content, only it's a bit wordy.

文字 wénzì Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 文字 wénzì and their own compounds.

文字 wénzì Compounds

See all 63 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 文字 wénzì in their composition.

  • 文 Wén
    • 斑 bān
    • 刘 liú
    • 虔 qián
      • 嘑, 摢
    • 吝 lìn
      • 悋, 麐
    • 闵 mǐn
    • 旻 mín
      • 琝 mín , 閺 wén , 渂
    • 斉 qí
      • 剤 jì , 済 jì , 緕
    • 閔 mǐn
      • 憫 mǐn , 潣, 燘, 簢
    • 这 zhè , 纹 wén , 坟 fén , 斐 fěi , 蚊 wén , 紊 wěn , 斋 zhāi , 雯 wén , 斌 bīn , 汶 wèn , 斓 lán , 玟 wén , 紋 wén , 炆 wén , 対 duì , 妏 wèn , 忞 mín , 抆 wèn , 斎 zhāi , 斒 bān , 旼 mín , 珳 wén , 蚉 wén , 伩 xìn , 呅, 彣, 忟, 斈 xué , 斊, 斍, 斏, 斕 lán , 斖, 盿, 砇, 芠, 螡, 螤, 鈫, 馼, 魰, 鳼, 鴍, 鼤
  • 字 zì
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