文 wén
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wén
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). -
wén
noun
Kangxi radical 67
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
wén
proper noun
Wen
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD '文' 14) -
wén
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) -
wén
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). -
wén
noun
refined writings
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 文言 (CCD '文' 4; Kroll 2015 '文' 7) -
wén
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) -
wén
verb
to conceal a fault; gloss over
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '文' 12) -
wén
foreign
wen
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names -
wén
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) -
wén
verb
to ornament; to adorn
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '文' 3) -
wén
noun
beautiful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '文' 9; Kroll 2015 '文' 5; GHDC 2007 '文' 9) -
wén
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). -
wén
noun
a group responsible for ritual and music
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC 2007 '文' 5) -
wén
noun
the text of an imperial order
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC 2007 '文' 6) -
wén
noun
liberal arts
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
Notes: 文 is synonymous with 文科 in this sense (CCD '文' 6) -
wén
noun
a rite; a ritual
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '文' 7) -
wén
noun
a tattoo
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 文身 (CCD '文' 11) -
wén
noun
a classifier for copper coins
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '文' 13)
Contained in
- 中华文化复兴运动(中華文化復興運動) Chinese Cultural Renaissance; Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement
- 钱文(錢文) money
- 序文 preface; foreword; introduction
- 文员(文員) office worker; clerk
- 韩文字母(韓文字母) hangul
- 铭文(銘文) an inscription
- 文学批评(文學批評) literary criticism
- 学位论文(學位論文) a dissertation
- 文具商 stationer
- 主祷文(主禱文) Lord's Prayer
- 文以载道(文以載道) texts serve as a vehicle for the way; words of truth; moral expressed in words; written article explaining a moral
- 文如其人 the writing style mirrors the writer
- 中英文对照(中英文對照) Chinese-English parallel texts
- 符节文(符節文) travel credentials
- 次文化 subculture
- 文士 literati; scholar
- 读者文摘(讀者文摘) Reader's Digest
- 文不对题(文不對題) irrelevant; beside the point
- 走笔成文(走筆成文) to rapidly write a composition
- 六国古文(六國古文) Scripts of the Six States period
- 古文字学(古文字學) paleography
- 天文学(天文學) astronomy
- 平行文本 parallel text
- 世界文化遗产(世界文化遺產) a World Heritage Site
- 能诗善文(能詩善文) highly literate; capable at poetry, proficient at prose
- 水文圈 hydrosphere
- 移文 an official document
- 水文 hydrology
- 文化层(文化層) culture level (in archaeological site)
- 埃文 Evan / Avon / Ivan
- 文化传统(文化傳統) a cultural tradition
- 文书处理器(文書處理器) word processor
Also contained in
中国文学艺术界联合会 、 王洪文 、 演示文稿 、 赵惠文王 、 卓文君 、 文山县 、 魏文成帝 、 文峰 、 魏孝文帝 、 文成县 、 说文解字 、 吴文英 、 文公 、 斯文·赫定 、 尤里斯·伊文思 、 文君 、 国家文物委员会 、 文水县 、 唐文宗
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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: 19
- 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: 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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