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wén

“Language” in Chinese is 文 (wén).

Other characters with the syllable wen: see all 10 →

Meaning

language
culture
writing

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formal
literary
gentle
Kangxi radical 67
surname Wen
(old) classifier for coins

Example

我教中文。

I teach Chinese.

From 中文 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Words containing 文

课文kèwéntextHSK 1 中文ZhōngwénChinese languageHSK 1 英文YīngwénEnglish (language)HSK 2 作文zuòwénto write an essayHSK 2 外文wàiwénforeign language (written)HSK 3 文化wénhuàcultureHSK 3 文件wénjiàndocumentHSK 3 文明wénmíngcivilizedHSK 3

More HSK 1 characters

爱àito love; to be fond of; to likeHSK 1 八bāeightHSK 1 爸bàfatherHSK 1 吧babar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)HSK 1 白báiBai ethnic groupHSK 1 百bǎihundredHSK 1 班bānteam; class; gradeHSK 1 半bànhalfHSK 1 帮bāngto helpHSK 1 包bāoto coverHSK 1

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