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散文

sǎn wén

HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

sǎn wén · saan2 man4 (Jyutping)

  1. (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse)
  2. (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

散

Meaning
scatter, disperse, break up
Radical
攵
Strokes
12
Components
⿰⿱?⺼攵
Cangjie
TBOK
Four-corner
4824.0

文

Meaning
literature, culture, writing
Radical
文
Strokes
4
Components
⿱亠乂
Cangjie
YK
Four-corner
0040.0

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