论文 lùnwén▶ kertas

Stroke order

论文 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

• 论 — 6 strokes
• 文 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. paper
2. treatise
3. thesis
4. to discuss a paper or thesis (old)

Related words

• 争论debat
• 作文komposisi
• 文件berkas; arsip
• 文具Alat tulis
• 文字tulisan, karakter
• 文学sastra

论文 is pronounced lùnwén and means “kertas”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 论文 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.