紋 (man4 | wen2) : stripe; wrinkle; vein

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紋

man4

wen2

stripe; wrinkle; vein; line; pattern

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

紋 / 纹

This word has been viewed 6152 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Mar 2014 13:42

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皺紋 zau3 man4 zhou4 wen2 = wrinkle

手紋 sau2 man4 shou3 wen2 = handprint

紋路 man4 lou6 = grain; lines

魚尾紋 jyu4 mei5 man4 = crow's-feet

指紋 zi2 man4 zhi3 wen2 = fingerprint; finger-print

有條紋 jau5 tiu4 man4 you3 tiao2 wen2 = striped

波紋 bo1 man4 bo1 wen2 = ripple; corrugation; damask; dimple

條紋 tiu4 man4 tiao2 wen2 = stripe

紋身 man4 san1 wen4 shen1 = [n][v] tattoo

冇紋冇路 mou5 man4 mou5 lou6 = to make no sense, incapable of doing something right, on the wrong track 粵
See all 28 compounds (CantoDict reports 29 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 紋

老虎的身上有很多黑棕色的條紋國
A tiger has many black-brown stripes on its body.

我眼尾有好多條魚尾紋粵
I have a lot of crow's feet(wrinkles) at the corner of my eyes.

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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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Decimal representation of this word: 紋
Unicode code for this character: U+7d0b (off-site link)

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