What 纹 means
A pattern, line, wrinkle, or surface mark.
Compounds set the detail: 指纹 is a fingerprint, 波纹 a ripple, and 花纹 a decorative pattern. The silk radical in 紋 narrows 文's broad mark and design field toward woven patterns.
Is 纹 the same as 紋?
Yes: 紋 is the traditional form of 纹.
The earliest secure evidence here is oracle- and bronze-inscription 文. Some scholars read its body-mark shape as tattooing; others reject that origin. What is secure for 纹 is its later pattern-and-line specialization; 文 remains in 文身.
Neutral in a word: it describes a mark or pattern, not a reaction.
In 纹身, read 纹 as tattoo, not just decoration.
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2Is 纹身 the same as 文身?
Yes. Both mean tattooing or a tattoo; 纹身 uses the pattern-mark form, while 文身 keeps the older 文 spelling.
Why does 纹 look different in different fonts?
It can. The font draws this plain-text character, so stroke style changes do not make a different character or vendor emoji artwork.
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- 纹身 · 文身 · 指纹 · 波纹 · 花纹 · 纹理 · 纹路 · 条纹
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纹\7EB9Codes and encoding1 code points
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