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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.

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
笔 bǐ
pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke
radical 118 ⽵ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “writings”

WordPinyinMeaning
作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose
文章wén zhāngarticle; essay
著作zhù zuòto write; literary work

Related words

Other words that share a character with 文笔.

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
笔者 (筆者)bǐ zhěthe author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself)
笔记 (筆記)bǐ jìto 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.

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