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

spiral pattern / whorl of fingerprint / thread of screw
wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet
zoomorphic mask motif
bird's eye (common company name)
(bird species of China) green-eared barbet (Megalaima faiostricta)
dragon (as a decorative design)
(bird species of China) Blyth's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides)

Sentences with 紋

紋 currently does not appear in any sentence.