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
- —文教大学Bunkyo University
- —文藝春秋Bungeishunju (publishing company); Bungei Shunjū (magazine)
- —青空文庫Aozora Bunko (digital library of Japanese public-domain works)
- —山田文法Yamada grammar (Japanese grammar created by Yoshio Yamada)
- —時枝文法Tokieda grammar (Japanese grammar created by Motoki Tokieda)
- —松下文法Matsushita grammar (Japanese grammar created by Daizaburo Matsuhita)
- —橋本文法Hashimoto Grammar (forms the base of Japanese grammar taught in schools)
- —修文大学Shubun University
- —文春文庫Bunshun Bunko (paperback label)
- —幻想文学fantastic literature; fantasy literature
- —漢字文化圏Chinese-character cultural sphere; Sinosphere; countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
- —多元文化論multiculturalism
- —犯行声明文letter of responsibility (for a crime)
- —文化人類学cultural anthropology
- —文化大革命(China's) Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
- —文化功労者Person of Cultural Merit; honorary title recognizing outstanding cultural contributions
- —文化地理学cultural geography
- —有形文化財tangible cultural properties
- —女流文学者female writer; woman writer
- —難解文の釈elucidation of a difficult passage
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