中文 (Zhōng wén)

Character breakdown

• 中 (Zhōng) · 4 strokes

  Depicts a flagpole. There is a circle in the middle marking the center of the flagpole. In older forms of the character, the flagpole has streamers at the top and bottom used to show the direction of…

• 文 (Wén) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of a man with writing (possibly a tattoo) on his chest. In later scripts the writing was abbreviated to a dot or omitted altogether.

Example sentences

1. 她讲中文。 — She speaks Chinese.
2. 我教中文。 — I teach Chinese.
3. 他说中文。 — He speaks Chinese.
4. 她说中文。 — She speaks Chinese.
5. 我写中文。 — I write Chinese.

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