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wén
culture
#25
Chapter-03 HSK-A
4 strokes

Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles

Wên originally meant cross lines, any markings or veins, streaks on a tiger, etc.; hence the written character, in which sense it was used until the introduction of 字 tzŭ ().

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)


wén
language/culture/writing/formal/literary/gentle/(old) classifier for coins/Kangxi radical 67/surname Wen

Phrases ending with the given character

shàng
xià
wén
(textual) context
chéng
wén
unwritten (rule)
zhǔ
dǎo
wén
Lord's Prayer
jīn
wén
former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经
wén
Kharosthi (ancient language of central Asia)
wén
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
liè
zhì
wén
Richmond (place name or surname)
qián
hòu
wén
context/the surrounding words/same as 上下文
jiā
ěr
wén
Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
qiān
wén
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
ěr
wén
Calvin (name)
yìn
ōu
wén
Indo-European (language)
shǐ
wén
Steven, Stephen (name)
tiān
chéng
wén
Devanagari alphabet used in India and Nepal
wén
Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon
wén
Greek literature
yìng
yòng
wén
applied writing/writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc)
dīng
wén
Latin (language)
wén
yán
wén
classical Chinese
wén
Steven (name)/Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe
cháo
xiǎn
wén
Korean written language
shěn
cóng
wén
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
pān
wén
Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general from 2006
huǒ
xīng
wén
lit. Martian language/fig. Internet slang used to communicate secret messages that the general public or government can't understand
wáng
shū
wén
Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen Reform 永貞革新|永贞革新[Yong3 zhen1 Ge2 xin1] of 805
wáng
hóng
wén
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
jiǎ
wén
oracle script/oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
bái
huà
wén
writings in the vernacular
shí
wén
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4]
jīng
líng
wén
Elvish (language of elves)
wěi
wén
alias of 葉偉民|叶伟民[Ye4 Wei3 min2]
cài
yīng
wén
Tsai Ing-wen (1956-), Taiwanese DPP politician, president of the Republic of China from 2016
wén
narrative writing/written narration
yuè
nán
wén
Vietnamese written language/Vietnamese literature
zhuī
dào
wén
eulogy
ěr
wén
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3 zhong3 Qi3 yuan2]/Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 北領地|北领地[Bei3 Ling3 di4]
zhōng
dǐng
wén
bell-cauldron script/the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
kāi
ěr
wén
Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson)/Kelvin (temperature scale)
ā
lán
wén
Aramaic
wén
Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician, proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013
lái
wén
Malaysian language
hēi
wén
hacker terminology/leetspeak

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