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KanjiN4Grade 1 · 小14 strokesRadical 文#190 in newspapers

文 · sentence, literature

文 is a kanji meaning sentence, literature, style, art. It has 4 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ブンbun
  • モンmon

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • ふみfumi
  • あやaya

Practise the N4 kanji

In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 文 · 25 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 文
WordReadingMeaningLevel
作文さくぶんessay; compositionN5
文章ぶんしょうsentence, textN5
文法ぶんぽうgrammarN4
文学ぶんがくliteratureN4
文化ぶんかcultureN4
文字もじletter (of alphabet), characterN3
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More words that use 文
WordReadingMeaningLevel
文字もんじletter (of alphabet), characterN3
文句もんくa complaintN3
論文ろんぶんthesis, paperN3
注文ちゅうもんorder, requestN3
文ぶんsentenceN3
文明ぶんめいcivilizationN3
英文えいぶんsentence in EnglishN2
人文科学じんぶんかがくsocial sciences, humanitiesN2
文芸ぶんげいliterature, art and literatureN2
文献ぶんけんliterature, books (reference)N2
文体ぶんたいliterary styleN2
文房具ぶんぼうぐstationeryN2
文脈ぶんみゃくcontextN2
原文げんぶんthe text, originalN1
和文わぶんJapanese text, sentence in JapaneseN1
文化財ぶんかざいcultural assets, cultural propertyN1
文語ぶんごwritten language, literary languageN1
文書ぶんしょdocument, writingN1
本文ほんぶんtext (of document), body (of letter)N1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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