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
- —碑文学epigraphy
- —旺文社Oubunsha (publisher)
- —御文章Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
- —光文社Kōbunsha (publisher)
- —文学座Bungakuza (Japanese theatre company)
- —文化部culture club (e.g. at school)
- —会話文direct speech (in a text); spoken lines; written dialogue
- —学位論文thesis; dissertation
- —漢文訓読reading a classical Chinese text in Japanese
- —機械文明technical civilization; technical civilisation
- —研究論文research paper; study; thesis
- —現代文明modern civilization; modern civilisation
- —古代文明ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
- —古典文学classical literature
- —三文文士hack writer; pulp-writer; penny-a-liner; scribbler
- —参考文献works cited; references
- —参照文献reference document
- —児童文学children's literature; juvenile literature
- —少年文学children's literature; juvenile literature
- —人文学派humanists
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