Chinese symbol for “document”
文件
wén jiàn
document; file; measure word: 份 (fèn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for document is 文件 (wén jiàn), defined as: document; file; measure word: 份 (fèn).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “document”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文书 (文書) | wén shū | document; official correspondence |
| 证件 (證件) | zhèng jiàn | certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID |
| 书 (書) | shū | book; letter |
| 文档 (文檔) | wén dàng | (computer) file; document; documentation |
| 牒 | dié | (official) document; dispatch |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 文件.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
| 文学 (文學) | wén xué | literature |
| 文明 | wén míng | civilized; civilization |
| 文字 | wén zì | character; script |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 条件 (條件) | tiáo jiàn | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification |
| 软件 (軟件) | ruǎn jiàn | software |
See also: Japanese symbol for “document”.
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.