Chinese Etymology


Character Input:
Simplified (简体字):
Unicode := 6587
GB2312-80 := CEC4


Traditional (繁軆字):
Unicode := 6587
Big5 := A4E5

Phonetic (聲字部分): none

Signific (有意部分): 文 remnant

Etymology (文字來源): Remnant Primitive, a tattoo on a chest inside cloths - design - lines - words

Simplification (简化方法): no simplification

Cantonese (廣東話): man4 man6

Taiwanese (台灣話): bun5

English Senses For (英文): wen2
a composition / an article / language / literature / culture / education / elegant / cultured / polished / suave / civil / polite / urbane / mild / civilian or civil ( as opposed to military ) / a former monetary unit / as in 一 文不名 ( to own nothing ) / a Chinese family name

English Senses For (英文): wen3
to cover up / to conceal / to gloss over

ShuoWen (说文解字):
錯畫也象交文凡文之屬皆從文

Class: traditional = simplified


Input Single Character (單字):


Seal (說文解字來的篆軆字) Characters


s06494
  LST Seal (六書通來的篆軆字) Characters 

L31454 L31455 L31456 L31457 L31458 L31459 L31460

L05419 L05420 L05421 L05422 L05423 L05424 L05425

L05426 L05427 L05428 L05429 L05430 L05431 L05432

L05433 L05434 L05435 L05436 L05437 L05438 L05439

L05440 L05441 L05442 L05443 L05444 L05445 L05418


  Bronze (金文编來的字) Characters 

b13857 b13858 b13859 b13860 b13861 b13862 b13863

b13864 b13865 b13866 b13867 b13868 b13869 b13870

b13871 b13872 b13873 b13874 b13875 b13876 b13877

b13878 b13879 b13880 b13881 b13882 b13883 b13884

b13885 b13886 b13887 b13888 b13889 b13890 b13891

b13892 b13893 b13894 b13895 b13896 b13897 b13898

b13899 b13900 b13901 b13902 b13903 b13904 b13905

b13906 b13907 b13908 b13909 b13910 b13911 b13912

b13913 b13914 b13915 b13916 b13917 b13918 b13919

b13920 b13921 b13922 b13923 b13924 b13925 b13926

b13927 b13928 b13929 b13930 b13931 b13932 b13933

b13934 b13935 b13936 b13937 b13938 b13939 b13940

b13941 b13942 b13943 b13944 b13945 b13946 b13947


  Oracle (甲骨文编來的字) Characters 


j21019 j21020 j21021 j21022 j21023 j21024 j21025


j21026 j21027 j21028 j21029 j21030 j21031 j21032


j21033 j21034 j21035 j21036 j21037 j21038 j21039



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