文明 wénmíng▶ văn minh

Stroke order

文明 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 文 — 4 strokes
• 明 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. civilized
2. civilization
3. culture

Related words

• 作文thành phần
• 光明ánh sáng; nhẹ
• 发明Phát minh
• 文件hồ sơ, tệp
• 文具Văn phòng phẩm
• 文字chữ viết, ký tự

文明 is pronounced wénmíng and means “văn minh”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 文明 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.