文 Radical 67 — writing, a written character; pattern; culture, letters
wén (second tone, rising)
writing, a written character; pattern; culture, letters
Radical 674 strokes0 characters
Where the shape comes from
A standing figure with a design drawn across the chest — a tattoo or a painted pattern; the oldest forms show the pattern plainly. From "pattern" the word moved to the marks cut into bone and cast into bronze, and so to writing and to learning itself: 中文, 文字, 文化. Few characters are filed under it, but it lends its sound to 蚊 and 纹.
characters filed under 文
No published character on HSK Guide is filed under this radical yet. Character explorer.