汶 (wèn): Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川), classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
汶 (wèn) is a Chinese character meaning “wen river in northwest sichuan (same as 汶川).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 文 (phonetic). It ranks #4526 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 汶 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 河 (hé, river), 海 (hǎi, sea), 洋 (yáng, ocean).
Definitions
- Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川)
- classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东帝汶proper-noun | dōng dì wèn | Timor-Leste (East Timor) |
| 汶川proper-noun | wèn chuān | see 汶川縣|汶川县 |
| 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) |
| 帝汶海 | dì wèn hǎi | Timor Sea |
| 汶川地震 | wèn chuān dì zhèn | Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008) |
| 汶上县 | wèn shàng xiàn | Wenshang, a county in Jining City 濟寧市|济宁市, Shandong |
| 汶上 | wèn shàng | Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong |
| 帝汶岛 | dì wèn dǎo | Timor island |
| 汶莱proper-noun | wèn lái | (Tw) Brunei |
| 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 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Z... |
| 鲁汶proper-noun | lǔ wèn | Leuven (a town in Belgium famous for its university) |
| 茂汶县 | mào wèn xiàn | Maowen county in Sichuan, home of the Qiang people 羗族|羌族 |
汶 appears in 13 compound words: 54 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 31 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 汶 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
汶颂、于子迪当选第20届亚运会最有价值运动员
wèn sòng , yú zǐ dí dāng xuǎn dì 2 0 jiè yà yùn huì zuì yǒu jià zhí yùn dòng yuán
Wen Song and Yu Zidi were named Most Valuable Players of the 20th Asian Games
赛后，布里蓬·汶颂说，夺得金牌是自己的目标。
sài hòu , bù lǐ péng wèn sòng shuō , duó dé jīn pái shì zì jǐ de mù biāo .
After the competition, Bribon Wen Song said that winning the gold medal was her goal.
每天收工的时候，探方壁上一片单调的黄，没有想象中层层叠叠的大汶口文化堆积。
měi tiān shōu gōng de shí hòu , tàn fāng bì shàng yī piàn dān diào de huáng , méi yǒu xiǎng xiàng zhōng céng céng dié dié de dà wèn kǒu wén huà duī jī .
At the end of each day’s work, the walls of the test pit were a monotonous yellow—there were none of the layered Dawan Kou Culture deposits I had imagined.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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