文

wén

HSK 7

文 — wén

1. language; culture

   中华文化博大精深，源远流长。 zhōnghuáwénhuà bódàjīngshēn yuányuǎnliúcháng — Chinese culture is broad, profound, and has a long history.

2. writing; written characters; script

   甲骨文是一种古老的中国文字。 jiǎgǔwén shì yīzhǒng gǔlǎo de zhōngguó wénzì — Oracle bone script is an ancient form of Chinese writing.

3. formal; literary (style)

   他写的文章太文了，读起来有点费劲。 tā xiě de wénzhāng tài wén le dú qǐlái yǒudiǎn fèijìn — His essays are too literary; they're a bit hard to read.

4. gentle; refined

   他说话斯斯文文，很有礼貌。 tā shuōhuà sīsīwénwén hěn yǒu lǐmào — He speaks gently and refinedly, very polite.

5. old classifier/unit for coins (wen)

   那枚古币面值是十文。 nà méi gǔbì miànzhí shì shíwén — That ancient coin has a face value of ten wen.

6. Kangxi radical 67 (used in dictionary indexing)

   ‘文’字本身也是一个汉字部首。 wén zì běnshēn yě shì yígè hànzì bùshǒu — The character 'wen' is itself also a Chinese radical.

7. surname Wen

   文先生是我们的语文老师。 wén xiānshēng shì wǒmen de yǔwén lǎoshī — Mr. Wen is our Chinese language teacher.