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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 古文

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
古文 gǔ wén - old language
- the Classics
- Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose
- Classical Chinese as a school subject

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 36,608 25,290 21,157

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Gu
- ancient
- old
- paleo-
wén- surname Wen
wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67

Other Words Containing 古文

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
古文 - - 36,608 25,290 21,157