The stripes were horizontal.
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纹
Traditional: 紋
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wén · man4 (Jyutping)
- line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc)
- to tattoo
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Character breakdown
纹
- Meaning
- line, streak, stripe; wrinkle
- Radical
- 纟
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰纟文
- Cangjie
- VMYK
- Four-corner
- 2014
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Example sentences
Did the police find any fingerprints?
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