斯文 sīwén

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Traditional form

斯文 sīwén

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

斯 Sī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 斤 jīn represents the meaning and 其 qí represents the sound. Nowadays this character is usually only used for its sound in phonetic loans.

Positional decomposition

⿰其斤

Number of Strokes

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

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他 tā 说话 shuōhuà 挺 tǐng 斯文 sīwén 的 de .

He's a soft - spoken person.

我 wǒ 妹妹 mèimei 看上去 kàn shang qu 很 hěn 斯文 sīwén , 但 dàn 她 tā 几口就 jiù 可以 kěyǐ 吃 chī 完 wán 一 yī 碗 wǎn 饭 fàn .

My sister may look delicate , but give her a bowl of rice and she can really pack it away.

衣着 yī zhuó 光鲜 guāng xiān 的 de 顾客 gùkè 们 men 边 biān 吃 chī 边 biān 斯文 sīwén 地 de 低声 dī shēng 聊着天 tiān 。

Well-dressed clients were talking in polite undertones as they ate.

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 斯文 sīwén and their own compounds.

斯 Sī

其 qí , 斤 jīn

文 Wén

See all 71 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 斯文 sīwén in their composition.

斯 Sī

撕 sī , 厮 sī , 嘶 sī , 澌 sī , 凘, 廝 sī , 燍, 簛, 蟖, 鐁

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