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kāi to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language
论文 lùn wén paper / treatise / thesis / CL:篇[pian1] / to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
天文 tiān wén astronomy
散文 sǎn wén prose / essay
语文 wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
复古 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)
本文 běn wén this text / article / the main body of a book
英文 Yīng wén English (language)
公文 gōng wén document
zhuǎi see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
人文 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture
全文 quán wén entire text / full text
征文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
斯文 wén refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle
作文 zuò wén to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:篇[pian1]
上下文 shàng xià wén (textual) context
原文 yuán wén original text
上文 shàng wén preceding part of the text
Fàn abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism / abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2] / abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican
发文 wén to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
盲文 máng wén braille / literature in braille
行文 xíng wén writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
法文 wén French language
日文 wén Japanese (language)


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