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文字
wénzì
1. character
2. script
3. writing
4. written language
5. writing style
6. phraseology
7. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 6%

Character Breakdown

文
wén
culture, literature, writing
HSK 3 4 丶
字
zì
character, letter, symbol, word
HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (19)

文字学
wénzìxué
philology
文字档
wénzìdàng
text file
文字狱
wénzìyù
literary inquisition
死文字
sǐwénzì
dead language
纯文字
chúnwénzì
text only (webpage)
头文字
tóuwénzì
initial
古文字学
gǔwénzìxué
paleography
拉丁文字
Lādīngwénzì
the alphabet
拼音文字
pīnyīnwénzì
phonetic alphabet
文字学家
wénzìxuéjiā
expert on writing systems
文字改革
wénzìgǎigé
reform of the writing system
楔形文字
xiēxíngwénzì
cuneiform (Babylonian script)
浅层文字
qiǎncéngwénzì
shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
甲骨文字
jiǎgǔwénzì
oracle script
纯文字页
chúnwénzìyè
text-only webpage
表意文字
biǎoyìwénzì
ideograph
象形文字
xiàngxíngwénzì
pictogram
韩文字母
Hánwénzìmǔ
hangeul 한글, Korean phonetic alphabet
中日韩统一表意文字
ZhōngRìHántǒngyībiǎoyìwénzì
China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs

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