• 148th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 469 words
  • Component in 38 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wén (Wen2)surname Wen
2. wén (wen2)language • culture • writing • formal • literary • gentle • (old) classifier for coins • Kangxi radical 118

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for wén (wen2)The component is pronounced as 'wén' (wen2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

中文 
博文 
原文 
文化 
文字 
文章 
文艺 (文藝)
英文 

Uncommon

一文不值 
三文鱼 (三文魚)
人文 
作文 
全文 
天文 
天文馆 (天文館)
散文 
文人 
文件 
文具 
文学 (文學)
文凭 (文憑)
文摘 
文昌 
文明 
文本 
文档 (文檔)
文物 
文献 (文獻)
文盲 
文科 
文笔 (文筆)
文言文 
文采 
文静 (文靜)
文革 
斯文 
日文 
本文 
蔡英文 
语文 (語文)
课文 (課文)
论文 (論文)
达尔文 (達爾文)
铭文 (銘文)
韩文 (韓文)

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  • 1604th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chāng (Chang1)surname Chang
2. chāng (chang1)prosperous • flourishing

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chāng (chang1)The component is pronounced as 'chāng' (chang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

南昌 
武昌 

Uncommon

南昌市 
南昌县 (南昌縣)
宜昌 
宜昌市 
平昌 
文昌 
新昌 
昌吉 
昌平 
昌平区 (昌平區)
昌盛 
荣昌 (榮昌)
乐昌 (樂昌)
武昌区 (武昌區)
西昌 
西昌市 
许昌 (許昌)
赖昌星 (賴昌星)
都昌县 (都昌縣)
顺昌 (順昌)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.