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中文 (Zhōng wén): meaning and stroke order

中文 (Zhōng wén) means Chinese language.

中文

Simplified
中文
Traditional
中文 (same form)
Pinyin
Zhōng wén

Stroke order of 中文

中

  • Zhōng (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong
  • zhōng within; among; in; middle; center
  • zhòng to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

文

  • Wén surname Wen
  • wén language; culture
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 中文

  1. Zhōng wén
    • Chinese language

Radicals of the characters

中
Radical 丨 (Kangxi radical 2) · 4 strokes · built from 口 and 丨
文
Radical 文 (Kangxi radical 67) · 4 strokes · 亠 on top, 乂 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

中文 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 杰克想买一本中文书，可是他不知道书店在哪儿。

    Jiékè xiǎng mǎi yì běn Zhōngwén shū kěshì tā bù zhīdao shūdiàn zài nǎr

    Jack wants to buy a Chinese book, but he doesn't know where the bookshop is.

    From the story How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2

Stories using 中文

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).