古文 Chinese English dictionary 古文 translate 古文 pinyin

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古文

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
古文 gǔwén	古文 \| 古文* \| *古文	old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
古	古 \| 古* \| *古	5画口 + 2	gǔ	old, classic, ancient	gu2	4060.0 JR


文	文 \| 文* \| *文	4画文 + 0	wén, wèn	literature, culture, writing	man4	0040.0 YK

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
古文 gǔwén	古文 \| 古文* \| *古文	old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject


古 Gǔ	古 \| 古* \| *古	surname Gu


古 gǔ	古 \| 古* \| *古	ancient / old / paleo-


文　Wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	surname Wen


文　wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67