wén

line

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

文 sound component

  Sound component

wén

  

writing

Evolution

纹 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
纹 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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wén

line, streak, stripe; wrinkle; line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc)

Most common words with 纹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

line

指纹

fingerprint

皱纹

wrinkle

条纹

stripe

花纹

decorative design

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 22.3610% of movies

1180th most common character in movies

1768th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+7EB9


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