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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- wen2
- English meanings
- surname Wen, language, culture, writing, formal, literary, gentle, (old) classifier for coins, Kangxi radical 67
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Single-component character
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
kiss
ask; inquire
warm; temperature
plague; epidemic
firm
disorderly; confused
lines; texture; pattern
mosquito
ask
smell
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 中文
- 人文
- 作文
- 全文
- 外文
- 天文
- 散文
- 文人
- 文件
- 文具
- 文凭
- 文化
- 文娱
- 文字
- 文学
- 文明
- 文物
- 文献
- 文盲
- 文科
- 文章
- 文艺
- 文雅
- 英文
- 论文
- 课文