Kanji 文: meanings, readings, and example words.

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

Key takeaways

Kanji 文: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67). Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

文

Meaning

sentenceliteraturestyleartdecorationfiguresplanliterary radical (no. 67)

On reading

ブンモン

Kun reading

ふみあや

Radical

文

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 文

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

Kanji structure breakdown

文

Structure breakdown

亠 + 乂

Mnemonic story

This character depicts a pattern or marking (乂) placed under a top part (亠), which evolved to mean 'writing' or 'literature.' You can remember it through words like culture (文化) or literature (文学).

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ブン

原文げんぶん
original text / source text
文化財ぶんかざい
cultural property / cultural assets
文語ぶんご
classical written language / literary language
文書ぶんしょ
document / written record / official paper
本文ほんぶん
text / main body (of a document)
和文わぶん
Japanese text / sentence
英文えいぶん
English sentence / English text
人文科学じんぶんかがく
humanities / social sciences

Kun reading

ふみ

文ふみ
letter / writing / document

Commonly used words

原文
げんぶん
original text / source text
文化財
ぶんかざい
cultural property / cultural assets
文語
ぶんご
classical written language / literary language
文書
ぶんしょ
document / written record / official paper
本文
ほんぶん
text / main body (of a document)
和文
わぶん
Japanese text / sentence
文
ふみ
letter / writing / document

Example sentences

Example 1

これは原文のままです。

Translation

This is the original text as is.

Example 2

原文をしっかり読みましょう。

Translation

Let's carefully read the original text.

Example 3

母にふみを送りました。

Translation

I sent a letter to my mother.

Example 4

古いふみが本に挟まっている。

Translation

An old document is tucked inside the book.

N1Vocabulary

原文 (げんぶん): meaning and examples

Japanese word 原文: original text / source text. Meanings and example sentences.

N1Vocabulary

文 (ふみ): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文: letter / writing / document. Meanings and example sentences.

N1Vocabulary

文化財 (ぶんかざい): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文化財: cultural property / cultural assets. Meanings and example sentences.

N1Vocabulary

文語 (ぶんご): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文語: classical written language / literary language. Meanings and example sentences.

N1Vocabulary

文書 (ぶんしょ): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文書: document / written record / official paper. Meanings and example sentences.

N1Vocabulary

本文 (ほんぶん): meaning and examples

Japanese word 本文: text / main body (of a document). Meanings and example sentences.

N1Vocabulary

和文 (わぶん): meaning and examples

Japanese word 和文: Japanese text / sentence. Meanings and example sentences.

N2Vocabulary

英文 (えいぶん): meaning and examples

Japanese word 英文: English sentence / English text. Meanings and example sentences.

N2Vocabulary

人文科学 (じんぶんかがく): meaning and examples

Japanese word 人文科学: humanities / social sciences. Meanings and example sentences.

N2Vocabulary

文芸 (ぶんげい): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文芸: literature / arts / belles-lettres. Meanings and example sentences.

N2Vocabulary

文献 (ぶんけん): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文献: literature / reference books. Meanings and example sentences.

N2Vocabulary

文体 (ぶんたい): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文体: writing style / literary style. Meanings and example sentences.

N2Vocabulary

文房具 (ぶんぼうぐ): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文房具: stationery / writing supplies. Meanings and example sentences.

N2Vocabulary

文脈 (ぶんみゃく): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文脈: context. Meanings and example sentences.

N3Vocabulary

注文 (ちゅうもん): meaning and examples

Japanese word 注文: order / request. Meanings and example sentences.

N3Vocabulary

文 (ぶん): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文: sentence / text / writing. Meanings and example sentences.

N3Vocabulary

文明 (ぶんめい): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文明: civilization / culture. Meanings and example sentences.

N3Vocabulary

文字 (もじ): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文字: letter / character / symbol. Meanings and example sentences.

N3Vocabulary

文字 (もんじ): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文字: letter / character. Meanings and example sentences.

N3Vocabulary

文句 (もんく): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文句: complaint / grievance. Meanings and example sentences.

N3Vocabulary

論文 (ろんぶん): meaning and examples

Japanese word 論文: thesis / essay / academic paper. Meanings and example sentences.

N4Vocabulary

文化 (ぶんか): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文化: culture. Meanings and example sentences.

N4Vocabulary

文学 (ぶんがく): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文学: literature / literary works. Meanings and example sentences.

N4Vocabulary

文法 (ぶんぽう): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文法: grammar. Meanings and example sentences.

N5Vocabulary

作文 (さくぶん): meaning and examples

Japanese word 作文: composition / writing. Meanings and example sentences.

N5Vocabulary

文章 (ぶんしょう): meaning and examples

Japanese word 文章: sentence / text / writing. Meanings and example sentences.