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今古文

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Pīnyīn
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HSK
Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *今* | 今* | *今
4画
now, today, modern era
8020.7
OIN
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *古* | 古* | *古
5画
old, classic, ancient
4060.0
JR
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 *文* | 文* | *文
4画
literature, culture, writing
0040.0
YK

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经
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  *今* | 今* | *今
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
 
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  *古* | 古* | *古
surname Gu
 
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  *古* | 古* | *古
ancient / old / paleo-
 
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
  
  Wén
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  *文* | 文* | *文
surname Wen
  
  wén
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67