文 wén
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 文 — culture, literature, writing
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
文字
wénzì
written language
Characters in this word
字 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- Made of
- 宀 roof 子 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这些文字很美。 Zhèxiē wénzì hěn měi. These written characters are beautiful.
- 我看不懂文字。 Wǒ kàn bu dǒng wénzì. I cannot understand the writing.
- 文字有点小。 Wénzì yǒudiǎn xiǎo. The writing is a little small.
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
- 文明 wénmíng civilized
- 文学 wénxué literature
- 文章 wénzhāng article; essay
- 论文 lùnwén paper; thesis
- 散文 sǎnwén prose; essay