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Pictograph of a man with writing (possibly a tattoo) on his chest. In later scripts the writing was abbreviated to a dot or omitted altogether.
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文 originated as a pictograph of a human figure with intersecting lines on the chest, depicting the practice of tattooing or body painting. Its meaning evolved from body decoration to include artificial marks, written characters, and eventually script in general, then expanded to literature, culture, and the civil arts, standing in opposition to military affairs. In its modern form, the chest marking has been abbreviated to a single dot, written above a horizontal stroke and two crossed diagonals.
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我喜欢中文。
他学习英文。
这篇文章很好。
文学是我的爱好。
文化差异很大。
他擅长文科科目。
我们需要文明交流。
这篇文章文笔优美。
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