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-- jp:man4 [1] [n] composition; article; writing [2] language [3] literature; culture; education [4] elegant; cultured; polished; suave; civil; polite; urbane; mild [5] civilian; civil [6] certain natural phenomena [7] Chinese character with one component, cf. 字 [8] (surname) -- jp:man1 [8] classifier for coinage; unit of currency -- jp:man6(formal)/man4 [9] cover up; paint over; gloss over Additional PoS:   Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: 文 (#67)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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中文
zung1 man4*2/4 = Chinese language
英文
jing1 man4*2/4 = English language
一文
jat1 man1 = one dollar; one yuan 粵
文化
man4 faa3 = civilization; culture; education; schooling; literacy
作文
zok3 man4*2 = to write (essay, article, etc.)
文言
man4 jin4 = Classical Chinese; Literary Chinese
三文魚
saam1 man4 jyu4*2 = salmon
文法
man4 faat3 = grammar
文字
man4 zi6 = writing; script
文明
man4 ming4 = civilized; civilization; (placename) Mun MingSee all 287 compounds (CantoDict reports 322 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 15 examples containing 文
漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。 國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/330/]文[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/330/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">文</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 文
Unicode code for this character: U+6587 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/330/]文[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/330/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">文</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 文
Unicode code for this character: U+6587 (off-site link)
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- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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