古文

old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject

Characters and words in 古文

surname Gu
ancient / old / paleo-

= + : Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister.

Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station's living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.
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.

Words with 古文

Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
ancient civilization
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song

Sentences with 古文

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