Chinese symbol for “bookish”
文绉绉
wén zhōu zhōu
Traditional: 文縐縐
bookish; genteel; erudite
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bookish is 文绉绉 (wén zhōu zhōu), defined as: bookish; genteel; erudite.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bookish”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 文绉绉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
| 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 |
| 绉褶 (縐褶) | zhòu zhě | variant of 皱褶 (zhòu zhě) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bookish”.
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.