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异文

yì wén

2-character word Traditional 異文

What 异文 means

1. variant character
2. loan word
3. variant written form (for the same word)
4. different edition

The characters in 异文

• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 文wénlanguage; culture; writing

Sounds the same

Read yì wén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 译文translated text
• 轶闻anecdote; apocryphal story
• 逸闻variant of 轶闻

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yì wén correctly.
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