Chinese symbol for “text”
文本
wén běn
a text (article, script, contract etc); version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc); (computing) text
The closest CC-CEDICT match for text is 文本 (wén běn), defined as: a text (article, script, contract etc); version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc); (computing) text.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “text”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 文本.
| 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 |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental |
See also: Japanese symbol for “text”.
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.