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Zhōng wén Chinese language
shí wén early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
wén yán wén Classical Chinese writing
Hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
Huá wén Chinese language / Chinese script
liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 会意 (combined ideogram), 形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 转注 (transfer)
jiǎn zhōng Simplified Chinese (abbr. for 简体中文)
Jiāng Wén Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
chóng wén repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters
Sūn Wén the original name of 孙中山, Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 国民党
Cài Yīng wén Tsai Ing-wen (1956–), Taiwanese DPP politician, president of the Republic of China 2016–2024
Shì Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白话文
chū wén archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
jiǎ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
wén Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957–), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007–2010 and 2013
zhōng dǐng wén bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions

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