文

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ブンモン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あやふみ

Nanori (名乗り)

かざりふも

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:4

JLPT:N4

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

heavens, sky, imperial

length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely

Grade 8JLPT N/A

mingle, mixing, association, coming & going

garment, clothes, dressing

stand up, rise, set up, erect