Kanji1 / 4
文 kanji
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
ブンモン
Kun readings
ふみあや
Words with 文
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —文展Bunten exhibition; art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)
- —副文addendum (to a treaty or contract); annex; annexure; appendix; subsidiary clause; subordinate clause
- —注文annotation; explanatory note
- —露文Russian text; text written in Russian; Russian literature; Russian literature faculty
- —舞文clever use of words to advance an argument; tricky manipulation of law
- —中文Chinese language (written); Chinese literature
- —撰文writing (an epitaph, foreword, etc.); composition; epitaph; inscription
- —諺文hangul (Korean script); proverb
- —篆文seal script character
- —文協cultural association
- —文身tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
- —梵文Sanskrit writing; Sanskrit text; Sanskrit scripture; scripture in Sanskrit characters
- —誄文funeral eulogy; memorial address
- —後文following sentence; succeeding sentence
- —日文Japanese literature; Japanese writing; Japanese text
- —迷文confusing piece of writing; incomprehensible sentence
- —従文subordinate clause
- —文房study; library
- —文量amount of text; amount of writing
- —言文spoken and written language
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