散 sǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
散文
sǎnwén
prose; essay
Characters in this word
文 wén
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 文 — culture, literature, writing
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我爱读散文。 Wǒ ài dú sǎnwén. I love reading prose.
- 这篇散文短。 Zhè piān sǎnwén duǎn. This essay is short.
- 散文很好读。 Sǎnwén hěn hǎo dú. Prose is easy to read.
Related words
- 散步 sànbù to take a walk
- 分散 fēnsàn to scatter; to distract
- 散 sǎn to scatter; to disperse
- 散 sǎn loose; scattered
- 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