文 wén
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 文 — culture, literature, writing
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
文明
wénmíng
civilized
Characters in this word
明 míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这里很文明。 Zhèlǐ hěn wénmíng. This place is very civilized.
- 请文明说话。 Qǐng wénmíng shuōhuà. Please speak politely.
- 文明很重要。 Wénmíng hěn zhòngyào. Being civilized is very important.
Related words
- 课文 kèwén text (of a lesson)
- 中文 Zhōngwén Chinese (language)
- 英文 Yīngwén written English
- 作文 zuòwén composition
- 外文 wàiwén foreign language; foreign writing
- 文化 wénhuà culture
- 文件 wénjiàn document; file
- 文学 wénxué literature
- 文章 wénzhāng article; essay
- 文字 wénzì written language
- 论文 lùnwén paper; thesis
- 散文 sǎnwén prose; essay