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作文

zuòwén

composition

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Characters in this word

作 zuò

Strokes
7
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 作

文 wén

Strokes
4
Radical
文 — culture, literature, writing
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 文

Example phrases

  • 我写作文。 Wǒ xiě zuòwén. I write a composition.
  • 作文很短。 Zuòwén hěn duǎn. The composition is very short.
  • 这篇作文好。 Zhè piān zuòwén hǎo. This composition is good.

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