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Word and Radical Components of 文具

The Chinese word 文具 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
文具 wénjù 1. n. stationery
2. n. (archaic) article devoid of substance or practicality

文具 ⇨ 文 + 具
Component Pinyin Meanings
wén       lí - having a pattern like that of a wild cat
1. Original form of 紋 (to tattoo, tr=wén rú lí)
     文身 (wénshēn) - to tattoo
     文面 (wénmiàn) - face tattoo
2. writing; literary composition; literature
     文章 (wénzhāng) - article, essay
     sǎn (sǎnwén) - prose
     文不對題 (wénbùduìtí) - (of writing or speech) to be beside the point; to be off-topic; to be irrelevant to the subject
     ni1 man4-2 唔錯。 - This essay is written quite well.
3. official document
4. literary language; Literary Chinese
     半文半白 (bànwénbànbái) - half literary, half vernacular
5. Short for 文讀 (literary reading)
6. script; written form
     甲骨文 (jiǎgǔwén) - oracle bone script
      。 - Same ruts for carriages, same script for writing. (i.e., universal standards)
     天城文 (tiānchéngwén) - Devanagari
7. (written) language
     (ant, zh, )
     中文 (zhōngwén) - Chinese
     英文 (yīngwén) - English
8. culture
     文化 (wénhuà) - culture
     文明 (wénmíng) - civilization
9. liberal arts; humanities
10. natural or social phenomenon
     天文 (tiānwén) - astronomy
     人文 (rénwén) - humanities; letters
11. ritual; etiquette
     繁文縟節 - tr=fánwénrùjié
12. of a government position, non-military: civil, civilian
     文職 (wénzhí) - civilian post
     文官 (wénguān) - civil official
     文武 (wénwǔ) - civilian and military
13. gentle; refined
     斯文 (sīwén) - refined, cultured
     文雅 (wényǎ) - elegant, refined
14. 47th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "pattern, repetition" (?)
15. (archaic)
16. (numismatics) mill (a tenth of a cent)
      (yī wén) - one mill
17. (zh-div, 日) (telegraphy) the twelfth day of a month
     文夕.大火 (Wénxī Dàhuǒ) - 1938 Changsha fire
      - (Wén Tiānxiáng) - Wen Tianxiang (Chinese politician and poet in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty)
wén, wèn 18. to cover
     文過 (wénguò, wènguò) - to cover one's fault
19. Variant of 蚊
1. tool; implement
     家具 - furniture
     文具 - stationery
     玩具 - toy
     工具 - tool; instrument; implement
     器具 - utensil; implement; tool; ware; instrument
2. to possess; to have
     具備 - to possess; to be equipped with
     別具一格 - have a style of one's own
3. (literary) to provide; to furnish
4. (literary) ability; talent
5. (literary) to state; to report; to list

文 ⇨ 亠 + 乂
Component Pinyin Meanings
tóu 1. lid
2. couvercle (Kangxi radical)
1. Original form of 刈 (to weed; to mow)
2. to govern; to control; to manage; to regulate
3. to nurture
ài 4. to discipline; to punish

具 ⇨ 目 + 一 + 八
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. (literary or Min) eye
     耳目 (ěrmù) - ears and eyes; spies
     目睭 (ba̍k-chiu) - eye, MN
2. (zh-no-solo) item; entry
     賬目 (zhàngmù) - entry
3. (zh-no-solo) list; catalogue; table of contents
     目錄 (mùlù) - catalogue
4. (zh-no-solo) target; goal
     目標 (mùbiāo) - target
     目的dì (mùdì) - target, goal
5. (taxonomy) order
6. (classical) to call; to address (of people's names and titles)
     (syn, zh, 稱呼)
1. one
      - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
      - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
      - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
      - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
      - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
      - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
      蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 海灘 下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.
5. same; identical
     大小 不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size
     大細 不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C
6. (classical) another; alternative
     蟋蟀 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, ) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律
8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
9.    Indicating that the action has occurred only once
10.    看 一 看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look
11.    望 一 望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C
12.    Indicating the intention to try
13.    算 一 算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it
14.    計 一 計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C
15. once; as soon as; upon
      OP 。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
      照片 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.
     一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off
     一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?
16. (gay slang) top
     一號 - yīhào - a top
17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die
18. =====Usage notes=====
19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
20. one
21. each; every
22. whole; entire; all
yíeijing dialect 23. (Beijing) one
24. =====Usage notes=====
1. eight
2. many; numerous
3. (printing) pearl (q, the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point)
4. (zh-abbrev, 八卦)
5.    to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in
6.    (Cantonese) nosey; meddling
7.   八婆 - nosey parker; meddling woman
     Ba
8. Variant of 捌