文 wén
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 文 — culture, literature, writing
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
文雅
wényǎ
refined; elegant; cultured
Characters in this word
雅 yǎ
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 隹 — short-tailed bird
- Made of
- 牙 tooth, molar 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她的措辞十分文雅，即使表达反对也不让人觉得难堪。 Tā de cuòcí shífēn wényǎ, jíshǐ biǎodá fǎnduì yě bú ràng rén juéde nánkān. Her wording is very refined; even when expressing opposition, she does not make others feel embarrassed.
- 他说话总是很文雅，从来不大声批评别人。 Tā shuōhuà zǒngshì hěn wényǎ, cónglái bú dàshēng pīpíng biérén. He always speaks very graciously and never criticizes others loudly.
- 老先生举止文雅，待人接物都很有分寸。 Lǎo xiānsheng jǔzhǐ wényǎ, dàirén jiēwù dōu hěn yǒu fēncùn. The elderly gentleman is refined in manner; he treats people and handles matters with a proper sense of measure.
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