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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 文章

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
文章 wén zhāng - article
- essay
- literary works
- writings
- hidden meaning
- CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]

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
4 3 2,222 1,695 1,761

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
文 wén- surname Wen
文 wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67
章 zhāng- surname Zhang
章 zhāng- chapter
- section
- clause
- movement (of symphony)
- seal
- badge
- regulation
- order

Other Words Containing 文章

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
文章 4 3 2,222 1,695 1,761
做文章 - - 33,748 22,561 35,304
大有文章 - - 49,185 68,343 97,801
表面文章 - - 50,024 - -
官样文章 - - 78,528 - 97,024