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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
- —例文Popularexample sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
- —古文Popularancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period); Chinese character script used before the Qin period
- —人文Popularhumanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
- —異文Popularvariant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
- —文教Populareducation; culture
- —文相PopularMinister of Education, Science and Culture
- —法文Populartext of the law
- —文具Popularstationery
- —英文学PopularEnglish(-language) literature; British literature
- —公文書Popularofficial document; archives
- —純文学Popularpure literature; belles-lettres
- —不文律Popularunwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
- —文化的Popularcultural
- —文学者Popularscholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
- —国文学PopularJapanese literature
- —私文書Popularprivate document
- —明文化Popularstipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
- —文化人Popularperson of culture; cultured person
- —文化庁PopularAgency for Cultural Affairs
- —紹介文Popularintroductory text; introductory essay
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