wēn
noun #6,702

Meanings

  1. 1 warm; mild; lukewarm
  2. 2 temperature
  3. 3 to review; to revise

Examples

Jīntiān qìwēn èrshí dù.
Today's temperature is 20 degrees.
Tā shì yīgè wēnróu de rén.
He is a gentle person.

Tips

usage
appears in 温度 (wēndù, temperature), 气温 (qìwēn, air temperature), 温暖 (wēnnuǎn, warm), 温柔 (wēnróu, gentle), 温泉 (wēnquán, hot spring), 温习 (wēnxí, to review).

Components

radical
shuǐ
water (radical form)
Left water radical — the original meaning of was 'warm water,' a sense still alive in 温水. From there it generalized to all temperature, plus the metaphorical 'warm-hearted, gentle' character trait. 温泉 (hot spring) preserves the literal water sense most clearly.
phonetic
wēn
prisoner with bowl (warmth / care)
Right = (prisoner) over (bowl) — historically depicting offering food to a confined person, a gesture of warmth and kindness. Supplies the wēn reading and reinforces the 'warm-hearted' nuance. Same phonetic in (epidemic) and (resentful).

Stroke Order

wēn