诗文 (shī wén) — literary works, especially classical poetry and…

Definition

noun

literary works, especially classical poetry and prose

诗文。
Tā xǐ huan yuè dú gǔ dài shī wén.
He enjoys reading ancient literary works.
诗文。
Zhè wèi zuò jiā de shī wén guǎng shòu hǎo píng.
This writer's literary works are widely praised.
《诗文》。
《shī wén Xuǎn》 shì xué xí gǔ diǎn wén xué de hǎo shū.
"Selections of Literary Works" is a good book for studying classical literature.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

诗 'poetry' and 文 'prose' together mean literary works.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 詩; 诗 is its simplified writing.

言寺詩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánspeech

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

寺sì詩shī

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 詩 combines 言 (speech) with 寺 as a sound part, because poetry is a kind of speech; the simplified 诗 is a later abbreviation.

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.