Read Edit View history 文 wénWén HSK1 writing Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a man with writing (possibly a tattoo) on his chest. In later scripts the writing was abbreviated to a dot or omitted altogether. Pinyin Separate values with commas wén × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 文 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 390, 828 ], [ 485, 774 ], [ 514, 732 ] ], [ [ 187, 550 ], [ 230, 541 ], [ 259, 543 ], [ 678, 624 ], [ 725, 626 ], [ 764, 618 ] ], [ [ 502, 559 ], [ 532, 534 ], [ 544, 515 ], [ 543, 462 ], [ 513, 344 ], [ 491, 294 ], [ 456, 237 ], [ 388, 174 ], [ 331, 141 ], [ 250, 110 ], [ 154, 87 ], [ 126, 86 ] ], [ [ 271, 429 ], [ 336, 398 ], [ 561, 179 ], [ 697, 81 ], [ 729, 67 ], [ 789, 59 ], [ 964, 49 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 420 777 Q 448 753 480 724 Q 498 708 517 710 Q 530 711 536 728 Q 540 747 528 783 Q 521 805 485 819 Q 400 846 384 836 Q 378 830 380 815 Q 386 802 420 777 Z", "M 528 568 Q 553 574 753 603 Q 766 602 776 616 Q 777 631 751 643 Q 709 670 625 641 Q 424 593 256 571 Q 225 568 193 562 Q 159 558 185 537 Q 224 507 258 515 Q 364 539 496 563 L 528 568 Z", "M 507 261 Q 553 339 576 447 Q 582 480 591 501 Q 598 514 588 525 Q 558 561 528 568 C 500 579 493 582 496 563 Q 495 560 496 555 Q 526 444 468 318 Q 464 311 461 302 L 442 267 Q 385 183 252 131 Q 204 115 137 95 Q 125 94 120 90 Q 113 86 123 79 Q 130 76 146 78 Q 261 85 347 123 Q 414 150 482 225 L 507 261 Z", "M 482 225 Q 525 164 676 38 Q 698 16 734 16 Q 842 17 928 32 Q 974 39 970 51 Q 969 58 922 69 Q 732 114 678 141 Q 612 172 507 261 L 461 302 Q 415 345 368 394 Q 326 437 288 437 Q 269 437 265 432 Q 264 425 280 412 Q 331 384 442 267 L 482 225 Z" ] } 4 strokes 文 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 383, 828 ], [ 491, 770 ], [ 524, 719 ] ], [ [ 179, 552 ], [ 236, 541 ], [ 769, 625 ] ], [ [ 503, 560 ], [ 550, 493 ], [ 509, 333 ], [ 459, 242 ], [ 335, 143 ], [ 125, 85 ] ], [ [ 273, 431 ], [ 708, 75 ], [ 961, 51 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M420,777C439,763 458,744 480,724C491,714 504,709 517,710C525,711 532,717 536,728C539,741 535,760 528,783C523,799 508,811 485,819C427,839 394,844 384,836C379,833 377,826 380,815C382,807 397,796 420,777Z", "M528,568C544,571 619,586 753,603C761,605 771,606 776,616C779,626 766,634 751,643C721,660 682,657 625,641C492,606 323,582 193,562C170,559 167,552 185,537C210,518 235,510 258,515C328,532 448,556 496,563C517,566 517,566 528,568Z", "M507,261C539,314 559,380 576,447C579,461 586,486 593,499C597,508 596,518 588,531C574,550 548,564 528,568C517,570 493,573 496,563C505,536 511,494 506,446C500,395 480,336 463,301C457,290 450,278 442,267C398,211 341,165 252,131C220,120 182,107 137,95C129,93 123,93 120,90C115,87 114,84 123,79C126,77 135,78 146,78C222,84 291,95 347,123C402,152 452,193 482,225C491,236 499,249 507,261Z", "M482,225C516,190 576,125 676,38C691,26 710,16 734,16C806,17 870,23 928,32C958,38 972,44 970,51C968,57 952,62 922,69C794,99 713,124 678,141C633,163 574,200 507,261C478,288 478,288 463,301C431,330 398,362 368,394C339,423 313,437 288,437C275,437 266,436 265,432C263,428 267,420 280,412C312,392 367,346 442,267C469,239 469,239 482,225Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.