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wén

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wén Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wén | wen2
English translation
line, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle

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About wén

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

wén

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of wén

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹文

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Wén

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Wén represents the sound. Simplified form of wén .

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Words with wén

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
wén line wén
指纹 zhǐ wén fingerprint指紋
皱纹 zhòuwén wrinkle皺紋
条纹 tiáo wén stripe條紋
花纹 huā wén decorative design花紋
裂纹 liè wén crack裂紋
纹理 wén lǐ grain (in wood etc)紋理
波纹 bō wén ripple波紋
纹路 wén lù wrinkles紋路
螺纹 luó wén spiral pattern螺紋
纹丝不动 wén sī bù dòng to not move a single jot (idiom)紋絲不動
纹饰 wén shì figure紋飾
斑纹 bān wén stripe斑紋
鱼尾纹 yú wěi wén crow's feet魚尾紋
横纹肌 héng wén jī striated muscle橫紋肌
罗纹 luó wén rib (in fabric)羅紋
笑纹 xiào wén laugh lines (on the face)笑紋
平纹 píng wén plain weave平紋
龙纹 lóng wén dragon (as a decorative design)龍紋
纹银 wén yín fine silver紋銀
流纹岩 liú wén yán rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)流紋岩
纹丝 wén sī tiny bit紋絲
纹风不动 wén fēng bù dòng absolutely still紋風不動

wén Decomposition & Compounds

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