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人文 (rén wén) — humanities (academic disciplines such as literature, philosophy, history); human culture; humanistic aspects (of a society or institution)

Definition

人文 as a noun refers to humanities and humanistic culture. As a modifier (人文科学, 人文关怀, 人文历史) it means 'humanistic'. 文科 is the academic field; 理念 is an abstract guiding idea.

noun
humanities (academic disciplines such as literature, philosophy, history)human culturehumanistic aspects (of a society or institution)

Examples

  • 人文。
    Tā dà xué zhǔ xiū rén wén kē xué.
    He majors in the humanities at university.
  • 人文。
    Zhè jiā yī yuàn fēi cháng zhù zhòng rén wén guān huái.
    This hospital places great emphasis on humanistic care.
  • 人文。
    Zhè ge bó wù guǎn zhǎn shì le fēng fù de rén wén lì shǐ.
    This museum displays a rich human cultural history.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

人rénperson
文wénculture

Combines 人 and 文 to refer to human culture, human affairs, and the humanities.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

Open 文 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9School Subjects

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