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文

wén

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

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

wén · man4 (Jyutping)

  1. language
  2. culture
  3. writing
  4. formal
  5. literary
  6. gentle
  7. (old) classifier for coins
  8. Kangxi radical 67
  9. surname Wen

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

文

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

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