文字 wénzì

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Traditional form

文字 wénzì

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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

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

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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.

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

文 Wén

字 zì

孑 jié , 宀 gài

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

文 Wén

斑 bān

癍 bān

刘 liú

浏 liú

虔 qián

嘑, 摢

吝 lìn

悋, 麐

闵 mǐn

悯 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