文字

wénzì

noun HSK 4 #5,594

Meanings

HSK 3

中国文字有几千年的历史。

Zhōngguó wénzì yǒu jǐ qiān nián de lìshǐ.

Chinese characters have thousands of years of history.

HSK 4

请用文字说明。

Qǐng yòng wénzì shuōmíng.

Please explain in writing.

HSK 5

这篇文章的文字很优美。

Zhè piān wénzhāng de wénzì hěn yōuměi.

The writing in this article is very elegant.

usage

文字 vs 字: 文字 refers to a writing system or written language as a whole, while 字 refers to individual characters or words.

文 wén

字 zì