英文
yīngwén · HSK 2
English language
🇬🇧 英文 = 英 (English/brave) + 文 (writing/language)
英 originally meant flower/hero and became the standard short form for 英国 (England); 文 means script or written language. Together: the written language of England — English.
文 — pictograph of crossed lines on a chest
文 originally depicted a person with patterns or tattoos drawn on the chest, shown as crossed or interwoven lines. From this image of decorative markings, it came to mean 'pattern,' then 'writing,' 'script,' and 'literature' or 'culture.' The modern senses all trace back to the idea of meaningful marks.