Chinese symbol for “article”
文章
wén zhāng
article; essay; literary works; writings
The closest CC-CEDICT match for article is 文章 (wén zhāng), defined as: article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; measure word: 篇 (piān), 段 (duàn), 页 (yè).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “article”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 品 | pǐn | (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank |
| 条 (條) | tiáo | strip; item |
| 冠词 (冠詞) | guàn cí | article (in grammar) |
| 短文 | duǎn wén | short piece; article; short essay |
| 稿件 | gǎo jiàn | piece of writing submitted for publication; manuscript; article |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 文章.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文件 | wén jiàn | document; file |
| 文学 (文學) | wén xué | literature |
| 文明 | wén míng | civilized; civilization |
| 文字 | wén zì | character; script |
| 宪章 (憲章) | xiàn zhāng | charter |
| 勋章 (勛章) | xūn zhāng | medal; decoration |
| 章程 | zhāng chéng | rules; regulations |
See also: Japanese symbol for “article”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.