文 wén
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noun
writing / text
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Middle Chinese: mjun; 文 is synonymous with 文字 in this sense. For example, 書同文字 'Write in Zhou Script' (Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Qin Shi Huang 《史記‧秦始皇本紀》; CCD '文' 1, 2; Kroll 2015 '文' 4b; GHDC 2007 '文' 3). -
noun
Kangxi radical 67
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
proper noun
Wen
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD '文' 14) -
noun
lines or grain on an object
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 文 is synonymous with 纹理 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '文' 1; GHDC 2007 '文' 1). For example, 虍：虎文也。 'Hū: markings on a tiger.' (Shuo Wen, hū radical 《說文解字‧虍部》) -
noun
culture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 文 is synonymous with 文化 in this sense (CCD '文' 5; Kroll 2015 '文' 4a). -
noun
refined writings
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 文言 (CCD '文' 4; Kroll 2015 '文' 7) -
adjective
civil / non-military
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 非军事 (CCD '文' 8; GHDC 2007 '文' 10) -
verb
to conceal a fault / gloss over
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '文' 12) -
foreign
wen
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language 外语
Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names -
noun
ornamentation / adornment
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 文 is synonymous with 花纹 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '文' 2; GHDC 2007 '文' 2). For example, 彫：琢文也。 'Diāo: to carve a pattern.' (Shuo Wen, Shān Radical 《說文‧彡部》) -
verb
to ornament / to adorn
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '文' 3) -
noun
beautiful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '文' 9; Kroll 2015 '文' 5; GHDC 2007 '文' 9) -
noun
a text / a manuscript
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 文 is synonymous with 文章 in this sense (CCD '文' 3; GHDC 2007 '文' 4). -
noun
a group responsible for ritual and music
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC 2007 '文' 5) -
noun
the text of an imperial order
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC 2007 '文' 6) -
noun
liberal arts
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education 教育
Notes: 文 is synonymous with 文科 in this sense (CCD '文' 6) -
noun
a rite / a ritual
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '文' 7) -
noun
a tattoo
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 文身 (CCD '文' 11) -
noun
a classifier for copper coins
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '文' 13)
Contained in
- 文莱(文萊) Brunei
- 中文 Chinese / Chinese language
- 文化 culture ; civilization
- 文章 an article / an essay ; text / writings ; implied meaning / hidden meaning ; a way of doing something ; a decorative pattern ; rules applying to work, rites, and music
- 文明 civilized ; civilization ; Wenming
- 全文 entire text / full text
- 条文(條文) an article or clause
- 英文 English (language)
- 文件 document / file
- 文本 text
- 甲骨文 oracle bone script
- 篆文 seal script
- 文件夹(文件夾) folder / file (for documents) ; folder
- 文稿 manuscript / article / draft
- 古文 Classical Chinese
- 文科 liberal arts / humanities
- 语文(語文) literature and language
- 文凭(文憑) diploma
- 人文 humanities ; human affairs ; culture
- 文书(文書) document / official correspondence
- 论文(論文) paper / treatise / thesis ; Essay on Literature
- 课文(課文) text [in a textbook]
- 上下文 textual context
- 文字 character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology
- 文学家(文學家) writer / man of letters
- 文艺(文藝) literature and art ; writing
- 文物 an artifact / a cultural relic / a historical relic
- 作文 composition / essay
- 文具 stationery
- 天文 astronomy ; heavenly designs
- 文体(文體) genre ; recreation
- 俄文 Russian
- 分文 a single cent
- 文绉绉(文縐縐) genteel / gentle
Also contained in
文档 、 演示文稿 、 正文区 、 文昌 、 文学 、 超文本 、 超文本传输协议 、 文数字 、 动态超文本置标语言 、 文件对象模式 、 文档类型定义 、 文件分配表 、 文件传送协议 、 文件传输协议 、 散文 、 超文本置标语言 、 超文本标记语言
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Collocations
- 文仲 (文仲) 使公孫文仲將而平陳與宋 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧擊鼓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Ji Gu — count: 18
- 文伯 (文伯) 生文伯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 18
- 臧文 (臧文) 臧文仲曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 17
- 子文 (子文) 今文子文孫 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 立政 Zhou Shu - Establishment of Government — count: 14
- 文姜 (文姜) 刺文姜也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧敝笱 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Bi Gou — count: 11
- 文考 (文考) 命我文考 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓上 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration I — count: 7
- 烈文 (烈文) 烈文 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧清廟之什‧烈文 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Qing Miao - Lie Wen — count: 5
- 士文 (士文) 士文伯曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 文祖 (文祖) 受終于文祖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 4
- 文在 (文在) 仲子生而有文在其手 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4