Chinese symbol for “genteel”
温文
wēn wén
Traditional: 溫文
genteel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for genteel is 温文 (wēn wén), defined as: genteel.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “genteel”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 温文.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 温度 (溫度) | wēn dù | temperature; 个 (gè) |
| 温暖 (溫暖) | wēn nuǎn | warm |
| 温柔 (溫柔) | wēn róu | gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) |
| 气温 (氣溫) | qì wēn | air temperature |
| 高温 (高溫) | gāo wēn | high temperature |
| 温和 (溫和) | wēn hé | mild; gentle |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
See also: Japanese symbol for “genteel”.
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.