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Mandarin · pinyin pīn yīn wén zì

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拼: pīn · join together, link, incorporate
音: yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
文: wén · literature, culture, writing
字: zì · letter, character, word

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1–1–2–4 · pin1 yin1 wen2 zi4

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noun

alphabetic writing; phonetic writing

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