文, a pictographic character of a man with tattoos on his back, now expressed by 纹. Bone and bronze inscriptions of 文 depict a man with a tattooed chest.
文 serves as semantic as well as a phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component have to do with texture, pattern, etiquette, courtesy, etc.
See also 反文旁:攵
Characters formed by the phonetic component 文
蚊、纹、坟、吝、闵、抆、芠、盿、砇、雯、汶、炆、鴍、妏、馼、忞、彣、魰、呅、鈫、玟、紊、旻、旼、虔、簢 wén, wén, fén, lìn, mǐn, wěn, wén, mín, mín, wén, wèn, wén, wén, wèn, wén, mín, wén, wén, méi, qín, mín, wěn, mín, mín, qián, mǐn
Characters formed by the semantic component 文
4 文 wén, 7 斈 xué,
8 斌 bīn, 8 斉 qí, 10 斋 zhāi,
10 斊 qí, 11 斍 jué,
11 斏 láng, 11 斎 zhāi,
12 斑 bān, 12 斌 bīn,
12 斐 fěi, 13 斒 bān,
16 斓 lán, 18 斔 yǔ,
14 﨎 shuāng, 24 斖 wěi,