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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

文 wén
culture, literature, writing
radical 67 ⽂ · 4 strokes
本 běn
root, origin, source; basis
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “text”

WordPinyinMeaning
课文 (課文)kè wéntext; measure word: 篇 (piān)
案文àn wéntext
语篇 (語篇)yǔ piāndiscourse; text

Related words

Other words that share a character with 文本.

WordPinyinMeaning
文化wén huàculture; civilization
文章wén zhāngarticle; essay
文件wén jiàndocument; file
文学 (文學)wén xuéliterature
文明wén míngcivilized; civilization
文字wén zìcharacter; script
根本gēn běnfundamental; basic
基本jī běnbasic; 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.

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