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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
text / CL:
HSK 1
Chinese language
HSK 1
to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:
HSK 2
English (language)
HSK 2
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
HSK 4
astronomy
HSK 5
the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")
HSK 5
(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
HSK 5
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  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
entire text / full text
HSK 7-9
humanities / human affairs / culture
HSK 7-9
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  *转* | 转* | *转
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC) / the Syriac script
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  *文* | 文* | *文
surname Wen
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
short piece; article; short essay
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
Russian language
Lord's Prayer
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
official document
Longman (name)
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
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  *梵* | 梵* | *梵
abbr. for 梵教 Brahmanism / abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语 or 梵文 / abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈, the Vatican
Classical Chinese writing
Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
palindrome
Calvin (name)
translated text
luminous style
Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale)
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
hydrology
advertorial
this text / article / the main body of a book
Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language
Sanskrit
rune
clause / explanatory section in a document
Japanese (language)
Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
scripture / scriptures / CL:
context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源 / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia)
quotation / citation
Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing
writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
written / statutory
Steven, Stephen (name)
inscription on a tablet
French language
refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle
Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California
Kevin (person name)
Chinese language / Chinese script
to write an article
braille / literature in braille
German (language)
a single penny / a single cent
Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe
inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription
characters cut in relief
preceding part of the text
(idiom) penniless; completely broke
essay
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon
remarkable or peculiar piece of writing
original text
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen
inscription
interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
verse (as opposed to prose 散文)
Mongolian language
litany (text of a prayer)
Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆 (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
preface / foreword / preamble / recital (law) / also written 敘文|叙文
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
Manchurian written language
to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
(Internet) to repost (Tw)
the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
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  *咨* | 咨* | *咨
variant of 諮|咨 / used in 咨文 / used in 咨嗟
petition (submitted to a superior)
without a penny to one's name / penniless / stony-broke
Portuguese (language)
dead letter / rule no longer in force / empty formality

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