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文 Kangxi radical 67,文 +0, 4 strokes,cangjie input 卜大 (YK ),four-corner 00400 ,composition ⿱亠 乂 )
Kangxi radical #67,⽂ Appendix:Chinese radical/文 伩 ,呅 ,坟 ,妏 ,㞶 ,忟 ,抆 ,汶 ,这 ,旼 ,炆 ,玟 ,盿 ,砇 ,紋 (纹 ),蚊 ,鈫 ,馼 (𫘜 ),䰚 ,魰 ,鼤 刘 ,対 ,彣 ,鳼 (𪉃 ),㓙 ,㐎 ,齐 ,吝 ,忞 ,彥 ,紊 ,蚉 ,產 ,鴍 (𬸀 ),螡 ,䘇 㞵 ,芠 ,旻 ,雯 ,虔 ,閔 (闵 ),辬 Additional Derived Characters
𪞙 ,𭃉 ,𪦹 ,𪫋 ,𤝋 ,𫔻 ,𢪖 ,𣐀 ,𭷏 ,𫠇 ,𪽌 ,𪽼 ,𮂹 ,𥩛 ,𭙁 ,𥸹 ,𫌴 ,𡲈 ,𪊙 ,𬍆 𠠼 ,𫾨 ,𬀫 ,𦍢 ,𦐑 ,𮥷 ,𮨂 ,𩖣 ,𩢌 ,𡵡 ,𪰎 ,𦙟 ,𧴻 ,𩵳 ,𪐰 𬐅 ,𥄐 ,𥫾 ,𦐐 ,𮍧 ,𠳵 ,𦍡 ,𬜰 ,𪪍 ,𤵒 ,𪊓 ,𪢨 ,𣈝 ,𨔉 Kangxi Dictionary:page 477 , character 1 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13450 Dae Jaweon: page 831, character 39 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2169, character 1 Unihan data for U+6587 Old Chinese 旻 *mrɯn 旼 *mrɯn 汶 *mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns 忞 *mrɯn 盿 *mrɯn 枚 *mɯːl 玫 *mɯːl 玟 *mɯːl 文 *mɯn 紋 *mɯn 蚊 *mɯn 雯 *mɯn 彣 *mɯn 馼 *mɯn 鳼 *mɯn 鼤 *mɯn, *mɯns 抆 *mɯnʔ, *mɯns 紊 *mɯns
Ideogram (指事 紋 立 . Compare大
Unrelated to the Kangxi radicals齐 and攵 .
Possibly a derivation, with-n nominal suffix, of煤 ( *mɯː ) "soot (obs.), ink (obs.), coal" (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Semantic shift: "pattern, tattoo (made of soot)", "written glyph (made of ink)" > "literature" > "refined, cultured" (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Mandarin (Standard (Pinyin :wén (wen2 )(Zhuyin :ㄨㄣˊ (Chengdu ,Sichuanese Pinyin :wen2 (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary :вын (vɨn, I)Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping :man4 /man4-2 (Taishan ,Wiktionary :mun3 Gan (Wiktionary :un4 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS :vùn (Hailu ,HRS :vun (Meixian ,Guangdong :vun2 Jin (Wiktionary :veng1 Northern Min (KCR :uǒ̤ng Eastern Min (BUC :ùng Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing mong2 / muong2 / muei2 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ :bûn (Teochew ,Peng'im :bhung5 Wu (Shanghai Wugniu :6 venXiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary :un2 Note :
man4-2 - “writing; (written) language”. Note : muei2 - only used in the place name
文甲 (originally
門夾 ).
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 文 Reading # 1/1 Modern wén Middle ‹ mjun › Old /*mə[n]/ English ornate Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 文 Reading # 1/1 No. 13015 Phonetic 文 Rime 文 Rime 1 Corresponding 文 Old /*mɯn/
文
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) Original form of 紋 ／ 纹 wén mark ,pattern ,design ,tattoo ,decoration ”).文 如 貍 ／ 文 如 狸 [Classical Chinese ] ― wén rú lí[Pinyin] ― having apattern like that of a wild catOriginal form of 紋 ／ 纹 wén tattoo ”).文 身wén shēn文 面wén miànwriting ;literary composition ;literature (Classifier :篇 c 文 章wén zhāng散文 sǎnwén 文 不對題／ 文 不对题wén bùduìtí呢 篇 文 寫 得 唔錯 。[Cantonese ,trad. 呢 篇 文 写 得 唔错 。[Cantonese ,simp. ni1 pin1 man4-2 se2 dak1 m4 co3 . [Jyutping] Thisessay is written quite well. official document literary language;Literary Chinese 半文 半白 bànwén bànbái literary , half vernacularshort for 文讀 ／ 文读 wéndú script ;written form 甲骨文 jiǎgǔwén script 書 同 文 ，車 同 軌 。[Classical Chinese ,trad. 书 同 文 ，车 同 轨 。[Classical Chinese ,simp. Shū tóngwén , chē tóng guǐ. [Pinyin] Same ruts for carriages, same script for writing. (i.e., universal standards) 天城文 tiānchéngwén Devanagari (written )language Antonym: 語 / 语 中文 zhōngwén 英文 yīngwén culture 文 化wén huà文 明wén míngliberal arts ;humanities natural orsocial phenomenon 天文 tiānwén 人文 rénwén ritual ;etiquette 繁文 縟節 ／ 繁文 缛节 fánwén rùjié (please add an English translation of this usage example) of agovernment position ,non -military :civil ,civilian 文 職／ 文 职wén zhí文 官wén guān文 武wén wǔ gentle ;refined 斯文 sīwén 文 雅wén yǎ47thtetragram of theTaixuanjing ; "pattern, repetition" (𝌴 ) ( archaic ) Classifier forcoins . ( numismatics ) mill ( a tenth of a cent ) 一 文 yīwén mill ( ～日 ) ( telegraphy ) twelfth day of amonth 文 夕大火Wén xī Dàhuǒ1938 Changsha fire asurname 文 天 祥 Wén TiānxiángWen Tianxiang文
tocover 文 過／ 文 过wén guò,wèn guò 文
(First grade kyōiku kanji )
FromMiddle Chinese 文 ( mjun ,“ ornate; a kind of coin; language, literature, a letter, a character ” ) .
文( もん ) • (mon
themon , an oldcurrency a unit oflength for measuring the size of one's foot( from the way that themon coins would be lined up and used as a kind ofinch marker ) acharacter , aletter writing , somethingwritten amagical spell ( also spelled紋 ) adesign , apattern ( also spelled紋 ) a家紋 ( kamon ,“ family crest ” ) Thedesign crest 紋
A later borrowing fromMiddle Chinese Min Nan bûn ,Hakka vûn .
文( ぶん ) • (bun
( grammar ) sentence writing ,composition ,text , adocument adesign orpattern asdecoration literature ,learning ,scholarship elegance ,refinement ( especially of writing or wording ) asaying , anaphorism , aproverb Possibly a shift from an olderMiddle Chinese pun .[ 3] n sound spelledん む ( mu ) instead.
*/pumu/ →/pumi/ →/ɸumi/
This reading appears in theHeian period , in works such asThe Tale of Genji [ 3] [ 1]
文( ふみ ) • (fumi
writing , somethingwritten aletter ( written communication ) , anepistle ( archaic ) study ,scholarship ( especially of classical Chinese ) a style of家紋 ( kamon ,“ family crest ” ) Uncertain. Appears in texts from the earlyHeian period .[ 3] [ 1] Miyako あやぐ ( ayagu ) ,あーぐ ( āgu ) .
文( あや ) • (aya
( also spelled紋 綾 ) 紋 綾 pattern , adesign , especially one withdiagonally crossing lines紋 綾 diagonal crossing 紋 綾 flowery expression orturn of phrase 言葉の綾 ―kotoba no aya ―a figure of speech, a clever turn of phrase 紋 綾 plot , ascheme 紋 綾 refrain or recurringphrase in a piece ofmusic 紋 綾 harder vein orgrain in a leaf or piece of wood or bamboo紋 綾 stain , ablemish 紋 綾 mediator , ago-between ( apparently from the way that a go-between can make the relationship more indirect and indistinct ) 紋 綾 fluctuation in a trend line( also spelled綾 絢 ) 綾 絢 woven silk textile with a diagonally crossing pattern綾 絢 綾織 ( ayaori ) : atwill weave ; someone whoweaves twill 綾 絢 綾竹 ( ayadake ) : in aloom , abamboo pole placed between theheddle and theback beam orplaten , used to improve the handling綾 絢 綾取り ( ayatori ) :cat's cradle For the second group of senses, the綾
↑1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ),大辞林 Daijirin Tokyo :Sanseidō ,→ISBN ↑2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997 ),新明解国語辞典 Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten Tokyo :Sanseidō ,→ISBN ↑3.0 3.1 3.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988 ),国語大辞典（新装版） Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition) Tōkyō :Shogakukan ,→ISBN FromMiddle Chinese 文 MC Middle Korean 문 ( mwun ) (Yale :mwun ) inHunmong Jahoe 訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회
文 (eumhun 글월 문 ( geurwol mun ) )
Hanja form? 문 ( “ writing ” ) .Compounds
주문 呪文 jumun , “anincantation ”)문어 文魚 muneo , “octopus ”)한문 漢文 hanmun , “Classical Chinese ”)인문 人文 inmun , “humanities ”)문학 文學 munhak , “literature ”)문명 文明 munmyeong , “civilization ”)문화 文化 munhwa , “culture ”)문과 文科 mun'gwa , “liberal arts ”)언문 諺文 eonmun , “hangul ”)고문 古文 gomun , “ancient text ”)문자 文字 munja , “letter ;character ”)문서 文書 munseo , “document ”)문장 文章 munjang , “(grammar)sentence ”)서문 序文 seomun , “preface ,foreword ”)발문 跋文 balmun , “epilogue ;afterword ”)문맹 文盲 munmaeng , “illiteracy ”)인문학 人文學 inmunhak , “humanities ”)예문 例文 yemun , “example sentence ”)의문문 疑問文 uimunmun , “interrogative sentence ”)문법 文法 munbeop , “grammar ”)국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典 .[3] 文 :Hán Việt văn [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] 文 :Nôm văn [ 1] [ 2] [ 4] von [ 3] [ 5] [ 4] vằn [ 1] [ 2]
chữ Hán văn ( “ literature ;letters ;culture ;civilization ” ) chữ Hán Văn ( “ asurname ” ) 文進勇 ―Văn Tiến Dũng chữ Hán Văn ( “ a malemiddle name ” ) 阮文A ―Nguyễn Văn A John Doe 
