阅文

閱文

Yuèwén

popculture

Meanings

1 China Literature Ltd.
2 major Chinese online publishing company, parent of 起点中文网 and other web-novel platforms

Characters

Examples

阅文集团是腾讯旗下的。

Yuèwén jítuán shì Téngxùn qíxià de.

China Literature is a Tencent subsidiary.

很多爆款IP都出自阅文。

Hěn duō bàokuǎn IP dōu chūzì Yuèwén.

Many blockbuster IPs come from China Literature.

阅文在香港上市。

Yuèwén zài Xiānggǎng shàngshì.

China Literature is listed on the Hong Kong exchange.

Tips

culture

Short for 阅文集团 (China Literature Ltd.). Owns 起点中文网 (Qidian), 晋江文学城-adjacent imprints, and dominates the Chinese web-novel industry. Many of the biggest C-drama IPs (《庆余年》, 《斗罗大陆》) originate here.

history

Formed in 2015 by merging Shanda's Cloudary with Tencent Literature. IPO'd on the Hong Kong exchange in 2017. A 2020 contract dispute with author unions made global headlines.

Stroke Order

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