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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
文言文 wényánwén	文言文 \| 文言文* \| *文言文	Classical Chinese writing

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
文	文 \| 文* \| *文	4画文 + 0	wén, wèn	literature, culture, writing	man4	0040.0 YK


言	言 \| 言* \| *言	7画言訁 + 0	yán, yàn, yín	words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149	jin4	0060.1 YMMR


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

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
文言文 wényánwén	文言文 \| 文言文* \| *文言文	Classical Chinese writing


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


文言 wényán	文言 \| 文言* \| *文言	Classical Chinese


言　yán	言 \| 言* \| *言	words / speech / to say / to talk


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