文
art, decoration, figures, literary radical (no. 67), literature, plan, sentence, style
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
4 / 4
Information
Grade:1
Strokes:4
JLPT:4
Frequency:190
Vocabulary
ブン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 英文 | エイブン | English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit |
| 英文学 | エイブンガク | English(-language) literature; British literature |
| 漢文 | カンブン | Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji |
| 原文 | ゲンブン | original text |
| 公文 | コウブン | official document; archives |
モン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一文 | イチモン | tiny amount of money; a penny; a cent; a farthing; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency) |
| 学文 | ガクモン | study; scholarship; learning; education; knowledge; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science |
| 大文字 | ダイモンジ | uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year |
| 注文 | チュウモン | order (for an item); request; demand; condition |
| 天文 | テンモン | astronomy |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 横文字 | よこもじ | horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language |
| 小文字 | こもじ | lowercase letter; small letter |
| 大文字 | おおもじ | uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year |
| 頭文字 | かしらもじ | first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name) |
| 文 | ふみ | letter; note; mail; book; writings; literary arts; learning; scholarship |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
央
center, middle
Grade 3JLPT 2
大
big, large
Grade 1JLPT 5
六
six
Grade 1JLPT 5
天
heavens, imperial, sky
Grade 1JLPT 5
丈
Mr., Ms., all (one has), height, length, measure, merely, only, stature, ten shaku, that's all
Grade 8JLPT N/A
夫
husband, man
Grade 4JLPT 3
交
association, coming & going, mingle, mixing
Grade 2JLPT 3
衣
clothes, dressing, garment
Grade 4JLPT 2
立
erect, rise, set up, stand up
Grade 1JLPT 4
矢
arrow, dart
Grade 2JLPT 1