文 wén
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 文 — culture, literature, writing
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
文物
wénwù
cultural relic
Characters in this word
物 wù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 牛 — ox, cow, bull
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这件文物虽然残缺，却记录了重要的历史信息。 Zhè jiàn wénwù suīrán cánquē, què jìlù le zhòngyào de lìshǐ xìnxī. Although this cultural relic is incomplete, it records important historical information.
- 博物馆里展出了很多珍贵的文物。 Bówùguǎn lǐ zhǎnchū le hěn duō zhēnguì de wénwù. The museum is displaying many precious cultural relics.
- 游客不能用手触摸文物，以免损坏。 Yóukè bù néng yòng shǒu chùmō wénwù, yǐmiǎn sǔnhuài. Visitors must not touch the relics with their hands, to avoid damaging them.
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
- 文字 wénzì written language
- 论文 lùnwén paper; thesis