汶
Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川); classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
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Dict coverage rank #2,902 U+6C76
How 汶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 文 (phonetic, wén)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 文
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 文 (wén) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文 sound component | wén | culture, literature, writing |
| 纹 | wén | line, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle |
| 刘 | liú | to kill, to destroy; surname |
| 蚊 | wén | mosquito, gnat |
| 坟 | fén | grave, mound, bulge; bulging |
| 忞 | mǐn | to psych up; to steel one's nerves |
| 紊 | wěn | tangled; confused, disordered |
| 玟 | mín | gem, jade-like stone |
| 炆 | wén | to simmer, to cook over a slow fire |
| 雯 | wén | cloud patterns; storm clouds |
Words containing 汶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大汶口文化 | Dà wèn kǒu wén huà | Dawenkou culture (c. 4100-2600 BC), Neolithic culture based in today's Shandong area 山東|山东… |
| 汶川大地震 | Wèn chuān Dà dì zhèn | Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008) |
| 汶上县 | Wèn shàng Xiàn | Wenshang, a county in Jining City 濟寧市|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 汶川地震 | Wèn chuān Dì zhèn | Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008) |
| 汶川县 | Wèn chuān Xiàn | Wenchuan, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1… |
| 帝汶海 | Dì wèn Hǎi | Timor Sea |
| 东帝汶 | Dōng Dì wèn | Timor-Leste (East Timor) |
| 帝汶岛 | Dì wèn Dǎo | Timor island |
| 汶上 | Wèn shàng | Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong; classically, upper reaches of Wen Ri… |
| 汶川 | Wèn chuān | see 汶川縣|汶川县[Wen4 chuan1 Xian4] |
| 茂汶县 | Mào wèn xiàn | Maowen county in Sichuan, home of the Qiang people 羗族|羌族 |
| 鲁汶 | Lǔ wèn | Leuven (a town in Belgium famous for its university) |
| 汶莱 | Wèn lái | (Tw) Brunei |