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雯

wén
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 patterned cloud; cloud with a decorative pattern

Examples

HSK 1
她的名字里有个雯字。
Tā de míngzi lǐ yǒu gè wén zì.
Her name has the character 'wen', meaning patterned clouds.
HSK 7-9
天边飘着几片彩雯。
Tiānbiān piāo zhe jǐ piàn cǎi wén.
Patterned clouds drifted across the evening sky.

Tips

culture
Rare in ordinary text, but very common in given names, especially for girls, where it suggests soft, beautifully patterned clouds. As a plain noun it means colored or figured cloud.

Components

radical
雨 yǔ
rain
The rain radical on top, the meaning carrier. It groups the character with sky and weather words; clouds belong to the rain family.
phonetic
文 wén
pattern; writing
Provides the sound, read 文 and unchanged here. Its own sense 'pattern, decorative figure' also matches the meaning, a cloud with a pattern.

Stroke Order

雯 wén