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纹

wén

HSK 6 Character Traditional 紋

What 纹 means

1. line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc)
2. to tattoo

Example sentences

• 您有纹身吗？
  Do you have any tattoos?
• 条纹是水平的。
  Tiáowén shì shuǐpíng de.
  The stripes were horizontal.
• 指纹都是独特的。
  Fingerprints are unique.
• 警察找到指纹了吗？
  Jǐngchá zhǎodào zhǐwén le ma?
  Did the police find any fingerprints?
• 斑马的影子没有条纹。
  Zebra shadows don't have stripes.
• 你想要知道如何避免皱纹吗？
  Nǐ xiǎngyào zhīdào rúhé bìmiǎn zhòuwén ma?
  Would you like to know how to prevent getting wrinkles?

Words starting with 纹

• 纹丝不动wén sī bù dòngto not move a single jot (idiom)
• 纹理wén lǐvein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc)
• 纹路wén lùveined pattern; wrinkles; vein lines (in marble or fingerprint)
• 纹刺wén cìto tattoo
• 纹层wén cénglamina; lamella; lamination
• 纹章wén zhāngcoat of arms
• 纹丝wén sītiny bit; a jot; whisker
• 纹银wén yínfine silver
• 纹饰wén shìdecorative motif; figure
• 纹风不动wén fēng bù dòngabsolutely still; fig. not the slightest change; also written 文风不动
• 纹胸织雀wén xiōng zhī què(bird species of China) streaked weaver (Ploceus manyar)
• 纹背捕蛛鸟wén bèi bǔ zhū niǎo(bird species of China) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
• 纹绣wén xiùcosmetic tattooing; semi-permanent makeup; micropigmentation; embroidery
• 纹缕wén lǚveined pattern; wrinkles; vein lines (in marble or fingerprint)
• 纹胸啄木鸟wén xiōng zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) stripe-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus)
• 纹喉鹎wén hóu bēi(bird species of China) stripe-throated bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni)
• 纹胸鹛wén xiōng méi(bird species of China) pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis)
• 纹喉凤鹛wén hóu fèng méi(bird species of China) stripe-throated yuhina (Yuhina gularis)
• 纹胸鹪鹛wén xiōng jiāo méi(bird species of China) eyebrowed wren-babbler (Napothera epilepidota)
• 纹胸斑翅鹛wén xiōng bān chì méi(bird species of China) streak-throated barwing (Actinodura waldeni)
• 纹头斑翅鹛wén tóu bān chì méi(bird species of China) hoary-throated barwing (Actinodura nipalensis)
• 纹身wén shēnvariant of 文身
• 纹面wén miànvariant of 文面
• 纹丝儿wén sī rerhua variant of 纹丝

Words containing 纹

• 皱纹zhòu wénwrinkle
• 斑纹bān wénstripe; streak
• 花纹huā wéndecorative design
• 指纹zhǐ wénfingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
• 条纹tiáo wénstripe
• 波纹bō wénripple; corrugation
• 裂纹liè wéncrack; flaw
• 平纹píng wénplain weave
• 水纹shuǐ wénripples
• 笑纹xiào wénlaugh lines (on the face)
• 罗纹luó wénrib (in fabric); ribbed pattern
• 声纹shēng wénvoiceprint
• 龙纹lóng wéndragon (as a decorative design)
• 刺花纹cì huā wénto tattoo
• 有条纹yǒu tiáo wénstriped
• 法令纹fǎ lìng wénnasolabial fold; smile lines; laugh lines
• 回纹针huí wén zhēnpaper clip
• 鱼尾纹yú wěi wéncrow's feet
• 美纹纸胶带měi wén zhǐ jiāo dàimasking tape
• 横纹héng wénhorizontal stripe; striation
• 螺纹luó wénspiral pattern; whorl of fingerprint; thread of screw
• 流纹岩liú wén yánrhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)
• 虎纹伯劳hǔ wén bó láo(bird species of China) tiger shrike (Lanius tigrinus)
• 纵纹zòng wénstria longitudinalis (in the brain)

Characters built on 文

These share the phonetic component 文 (wén), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 汶WènWen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川); classical name of river in Shandong, used to…
• 坟féngrave; tomb; embankment
• 蚊wénmosquito
• 紊wěninvolved; tangled; disorderly
• 雯wénmulticolored clouds
• 炆wén(Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire

Characters that look like 纹

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 改gǎito change; to alter; to transform
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
• 坎kǎnpit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦
• 玫méi(fine jade); used in 玫瑰
• 炊chuīto cook food
• 玟mínjade-like stone

Sounds the same

Read wén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 文language; culture; writing
• 闻to hear; news; well-known
• 雯multicolored clouds
• 蚊mosquito
• 玟veins in jade
• 阌wen xiang, Henan province
• 炆(Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire
• 閺to look down
• 珳old variant of 玟
• 蚉old variant of 蚊