The Chinese Radical: 文


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script, culture    文

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
this, these, present, now
zhè, zhèi
Left: movement , right: text/language (Image of a folding table for writing a text.)
In languages you have movements (= changes): Also in this.
JLPT HSK 3
text, language, culture, writing, literary
wén
Looks like a folding table
At the folding table you can write your text.
JLPT HSK 4
to cross a river, to aid or relieve, to be of help

Left: water , right: be in the same level (A text lays flatly on two vertical sticks 丿|, that are in the same level.)
If the water is the same level (no eddies or rapids), you can easily cross the river.
JLPT HSK 5
crowded, to squeeze, throng

Left: hand , right: be in the same level (A written text lays flatly on two vertical sticks 丿|, that are in the same level.)
When the hands are on the same level, it is a crowded throng.
JLPT HSK 5
same level with, even sth out, of equal length

Top: text/language , below: 丿| (two vertical sticks)
If you can lay a text on two vertical sticks, it is in the same level.
JLPT HSK 5
clear, deep (of water), swift, to skim over / to browse
liú
Left: water , right: 刘 (script, cultur [Image of a folding table for writing a text], knife [here: two pages])
Like "through the water" you read scripts (2 pages each), when skimming over.
JLPT HSK 6
line, trace, mark, decoration
wén
Left: thread 纟/, right: text, language (Image of a folding table for writing a text.)
Threads and texts are in lines or traces.
JLPT HSK 6
stained, spot, colored patch, stripe
bān
From left: king , text/language (Image of a folding table for writing a text.), king
The letter exchanged between the kings had a stained spot.
JLPT HSK 6
dose, medical substance

Left: be in the same level (A written text lays flatly on two vertical sticks丿|, that are in the same level.), right: knife, to cut
For achieving the same (=correct) level/amount, you cut it and get the dose.
JLPT HSK 6
grave, tomb, mound
fén
Left: earth , right: text/language (Image of a folding table for writing a text.)
(Inscription at graveyard:) The earth with the text is: the grave.
JLPT HSK 6
tangled, disorderly, confused, chaotic
wěn
Top: text/language (Image of a folding table for writing a text.), bottom: thread
Texts (or sentences) that are thread-long are tangled.
JLPT HSK 6
stingy
lìn
Top: language, culture (Image of a folding table for writing a text.), bottom: mouth
A cultivated mouth can be stingy.
JLPT no HSK
study room, building, vegetarian, to give alms
zhāi
Top: text, language (image of a folding table, on which a text is written), bottom: beard (closed mouth with a beard )
Immersed in a book, the beard grows in the study room.
JLPT no HSK
to act with reverence, reverent
qián
Top: tiger , below: text/language (image of a folding table, on which a text is written)
Towards a tiger, your language should be with: reverence.
JLPT no HSK
refined, ornamental
bīn
Left: text, language , right: military (A correct sabre for the military)
(Due to the clarity of orders?) The texts in the military are refined.
JLPT no HSK
mosquito
wén
Left: insect , right: text/language
The insect you can kill with a text is a mosquito.
JLPT no HSK
multicolored clouds, cloud pattern
wén
Top: rain (= window with cloud and drops ), below: text/language (also means cloud)
When rain is decribed with text (= poetically), then as multicolored cloud pattern.
JLPT no HSK
to sympathize, to pity, to feel compassion for
mǐn
Left: feeling , right: (gate /門, text/language )
(He is in the pillory) The feeling when his name is on the gate is to: sympathize.
JLPT no HSK
elegant, (phonetic) fěi, phi (Greek letter φ)
fěi
Top: not, denial (inverted wings , here: lines and columns), below: text/language
If you arrange it in lines and columns, the text is: elegant.
JLPT no HSK
Surname: Liu
liú
Left: text/language (image of a folding table, on which a text is written), right: knife, to cut
Who manages the texts and the cutting: Family Liu.
JLPT no HSK
(Family name) Min
mǐn
Outside: gate /門, inside: text/language
At the gate a text at family: Min.
JLPT no HSK
Wen River in northwest Sichuan
wèn
Left: water , right: text/language
The water of the texts: the Wen-River.
JLPT no HSK
navel

Left: body part /, right: be in the same level (A text lays flatly on two vertical sticks 丿|, that are in the same level.)
The body's part that is always the same level (in the sense of center) is the navel.
JLPT no HSK
multi-colored, brightly colored, gorgeous
lán
Left: Variation of text/language , right: railing, balustrade (At the gate /門 is made of wood with handles : a railing.)
The texts at the gate in the east 东/ are colorful and gorgeous.

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