Chinese symbol for “writings”
文笔
wén bǐ
Traditional: 文筆
writings; writing style
The closest CC-CEDICT match for writings is 文笔 (wén bǐ), defined as: writings; writing style.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “writings”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to write; to compose |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
| 著作 | zhù zuò | to write; literary work |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 文笔.
| 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 |
| 笔者 (筆者) | bǐ zhě | the author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself) |
| 笔记 (筆記) | bǐ jì | to take down (in writing); notes |
See also: Japanese symbol for “writings”.
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.