wèn
a river in Shandong province
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 文 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 汶
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川) | ||
East Timor (officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) | ||
Wenchuan county (Tibetan: wun khron rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[AbàZàngzúQiāngzúzìzhìzhōu], northwest Sichuan | ||
Wenchuan county (Tibetan: wun khron rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[AbàZàngzúQiāngzúzìzhìzhōu], northwest Sichuan | ||
Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Jǐníng], Shandong |
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