文
wénWén HSK1

writing

文 wén frequency
language noun
language, writing, culture, or literary works

这篇文写得极好，值得反复品读。

zhè piān wén xiě de jí hǎo, zhí​de fǎn​fù pǐn​dú.

This article is excellently written and worth reading over and over again.

write noun
to write or compose (a literary work)

他不光武艺高强，而且也能文能诗。

tā bù​guāng wǔ​yì gāo​qiáng, ér​qiě yě néng wén néng shī.

He is not only highly skilled in martial arts but also proficient in literature and poetry.

liberal arts noun
in the context of education, refers to humanities or liberal arts subjects as opposed to science (理 lǐ).

他选择了文科。

tā xuǎn​zé le wén kē.

He chose liberal arts.

coin classifier measure word
an old classifier for copper coins or a unit of currency

他身上一文钱都没有。

tā shēn shàng yī wén qián dōu méi​yǒu.

He doesn't have a cent on him.

gentle adjective
gentle, refined, or formal in manner

这孩子说话很文，不像是那种粗鲁的人。

zhè hái​zi shuō​huà hěn wén, bù xiàng shì nà zhǒng cū​lǔ de rén.

The boy speaks very politely; he doesn't seem like a rude person.

radical noun
the Kangxi radical 67

“斋”字的部首是“文”。

“ zhāi” zì de bù​shǒu shì“ wén”.

The radical of the character '斋' (zhai) is '文' (wen).

文 Wén
Wen proper name
surname Wen

文先生是一位著名的学者。

Wén xiān​sheng shì yī wèi zhù​míng de xué​zhě.

Mr. Wen is a renowned scholar.

Frequency
Character
Written text
148th most common 1417.1 per million
Movie subtitles
481st most common 303.1 per million appears in 60% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
32.5 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
227.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+6587

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)