line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc)

= + : Willy Walrus (w) wants to continue reading his favorite book (文) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), but he finds that a silk worm (纟) left a lot of traces (纹) where it ate through the book.

紋 character breakdown

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a thick book.

Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

Characters with 紋 as component

紋 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 紋

decorative design
veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc)
decorative motif / figure
see 文面[wen2 mian4]
(bird species of China) hoary-throated barwing (Actinodura nipalensis)
absolutely still / fig. not the slightest change / also written 文風不動|文风不动
(bird species of China) streaked laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum)
(bird species of China) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)
stria longitudinalis (in the brain)
(bird species of China) striated bulbul (Pycnonotus striatus)
(bird species of China) little owl (Athene noctua)
(bird species of China) pallid scops owl (Otus brucei)
rib (in fabric) / ribbed pattern
(bird species of China) falcated duck (Anas falcata)
(bird species of China) Hartert's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus goodsoni)
(bird species of China) tiger shrike (Lanius tigrinus)

Sentences with 紋

紋 currently does not appear in any sentence.