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
- —漢文法kanbun grammar
- —文化系cultural
- —純漢文regular kanbun (following the rules of classical Chinese grammar)
- —文章力writing ability
- —多文化many cultures; multicultural
- —脅迫文threatening letter; intimidating letter
- —文語形word form used in literary language
- —挨拶文greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation
- —文化鍋heavy double-handled pot used for making rice
- —翻訳文translation; piece of translated writing; translated sentence
- —文法上grammatical; grammatically
- —法文化writing into law; codification; enacting
- —反省文written apology; written statement of regret
- —人文学humanities; arts
- —欧文脈Japanese containing expressions literally translated from European languages
- —文章家(skilled) writer; essayist
- —文化面cultural aspect
- —文武官civil and military officers
- —定型文fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate
- —中古文Heian-period kana writing
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