汶

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Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川); classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 文 sound ( wén )

Components 氵文

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大汶口文化	Dà wèn kǒu wén huà	Dawenkou culture (c. 4100-2600 BC), Neolithic culture based in today's Shandong area 山東\|山东…
汶川大地震	Wèn chuān Dà dì zhèn	Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
汶上县	Wèn shàng Xiàn	Wenshang, a county in Jining City 濟寧市\|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong
汶川地震	Wèn chuān Dì zhèn	Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
汶川县	Wèn chuān Xiàn	Wenchuan, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州\|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1…
帝汶海	Dì wèn Hǎi	Timor Sea
东帝汶	Dōng Dì wèn	Timor-Leste (East Timor)
帝汶岛	Dì wèn Dǎo	Timor island
汶上	Wèn shàng	Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧\|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong; classically, upper reaches of Wen Ri…
汶川	Wèn chuān	see 汶川縣\|汶川县[Wen4 chuan1 Xian4]
茂汶县	Mào wèn xiàn	Maowen county in Sichuan, home of the Qiang people 羗族\|羌族
鲁汶	Lǔ wèn	Leuven (a town in Belgium famous for its university)
汶莱	Wèn lái	(Tw) Brunei

Characters sharing the sound component 文 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
文 sound part	wén	culture, literature, writing
纹	wén	line, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle
刘	liú	to kill, to destroy; surname
蚊	wén	mosquito, gnat
坟	fén	grave, mound, bulge; bulging
忞	mǐn	to psych up; to steel one's nerves
紊	wěn	tangled; confused, disordered
玟	mín	gem, jade-like stone
炆	wén	to simmer, to cook over a slow fire
雯	wén	cloud patterns; storm clouds