Wen, first seen in oracle bone inscriptions, looks like a standing human figure. The original meaning refers to "tattoo", which was extended to patterns and textures, and later to writing, civil and military affairs, astronomy, etc. When used as a name, it means literary talent, intelligence, quietness and restraint. When naming with words, be sure to use words that match the child's gender. For example, naming with masculine words such as "Gang", "Yi" and "Qiang" will make people think it is a boy's name; if you use words with feminine and beautiful words such as "Shu", "Mei" and "Rou" in naming the child , reminiscent of a girl's name.
Origin of writing:
"文" is a commonly used Chinese character and is a pictographic character in the "Six Books". Judging from the shape of the oracle bone inscriptions, the character "文" looks like a standing human figure. At the top is the head, below the head are two arms extending to the left and right, and at the bottom are two legs. There are beautiful patterns tattooed on the broad chest. It means "tattoo". The glyphs of bronze inscriptions are exactly the same as those of oracle bone inscriptions. The small seal script continues the bronze inscriptions, and the glyphs have become linear. The standing appearance of the "person" has not changed, but the pattern on the chest has been omitted. This has a certain relationship with the development trend of Chinese characters towards simplification. The official script is transformed into strokes. After officialdom, the regular script has been deformed, and the image of wrong lines has been diluted, making it difficult to see the "human" shape.
The original meaning of the word "文" is "tattoo". In this sense, later generations added the radical "纺" and produced a new pictophonetic character "文", which expresses the meaning of pattern. In other words, "文" is the ancient word for "pattern". The original meaning of the word "文" has not always been maintained, but has been continuously extended to other meanings. Because "tattoo" is the tattooing of flowers on the body, it is extended to "pattern" and "texture". The word "文" in modern Chinese for "hydrology" and "astronomy" also refers to certain "texture"-like phenomena in nature. "Pattern" means orderly, and is also extended to "articles" and "articles"; "pattern" is pleasing to the eye, and is also extended to "literary talent" and "elegance"; ancient characters are carved with knives, so they are extended to writing. Later, "literary talent" and "articles" were extended to refer to a type of ancient culture such as the ritual and music system composed of various rituals. As for the meaning of the word "wen" in words such as "cultural relics", "literary" and "wenwu", the extended meaning of the word "wen" is used. Ancient copper coins had inscriptions on them, so they were called one penny.
The character "文" is still a radical character. Most of the Chinese characters composed of "文" are related to "pattern". Although some characters also have the word "文", they are only the phonetic symbols of pictophonetic characters and have nothing to do with their original meanings, such as "文", "mosquito", "grave", etc.