IDENTITY
文wénwriting; language; culture
HSK 1Top 38
CORE MEANING
writing; language; culture
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.written languageHSK1
- 2.article; textHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 文script radical (wén)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱亠乂
- top strokes
- crossing strokes
USAGE
Common words
中文ZhōngwénChinese (language)
文化wénhuàculture
文章wénzhāngarticle
Graded examples
我学习中文。Wǒ xuéxí Zhōngwén.HSK1
I study Chinese.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A carved pattern or mark — writing began as cut lines.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #38
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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