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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
- —構文論syntax
- —日本文Japanese writing; Japanese text
- —文春砲damaging article published by the Shūkan Bunshun weekly
- —文書名document name
- —格文法case grammar
- —文庫判pocket paperback size (approx. A6)
- —母文化(one's) native culture
- —文化譜bunkafu; tablature notation system used for shamisen music
- —文通費Diet members' monthly allowance for postage, communication, transport and accommodation
- —論文式essay-type (examination, etc.)
- —重複文compound-complex sentence
- —祈願文optative sentence
- —謝罪文written apology
- —文化相Minister for Culture (e.g. in Brazil, France); Minister of Culture
- —文学忌death anniversary (of a writer, poet, etc.; oft. given a relevant name); commemoration day
- —文学館museum of literature; literary museum
- —文法家grammarian
- —問題文text of an (exam) question
- —文鎮化bricking (e.g. of a smartphone)
- —四六文elegant classical Chinese prose employing antitheses using four and six-character compound words
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