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N4 Kanji 20: 文
Meaning of kanji 文:

In Japanese, 文 means “article”.
How to read kanji 文:
Kunyomi | Not often used |
Onyomi | もん、ぶん、も |
How to write kanji 文:

Origin of kanji 文:

The original meaning of 文 is “tattoo”, so you can remember it by
“The man with tattoo is good at writing articles.”

Development of kanji 文:

Vocabulary containing kanji 文:
Word | Reading | Meaning |
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文章 | ぶんしょう | article |
作文 | さくぶん | composition |
文化 | ぶんか | culture |
文学 | ぶんがく | literature |
文法 | ぶんぽう | grammar |
文字 | もじ | letter |
文 | ぶん | sentence |
文書 | ぶんしょ | documents |
文明 | ぶんめい | civilization |
論文 | ろんぶん | paper |
注文 | ちゅうもん | order |
文句 | もんく | complaint |
文献 | ぶんけん | literature |
文庫 | ぶんこ | paperback |
本文 | ほんぶん | the text |
文芸 | ぶんげい | literature |
天文 | てんもん | astronomy |
文脈 | ぶんみゃく | context |
英文 | えいぶん | English sentence |
原文 | げんぶん | orignal text |
文面 | ぶんめん | words |
漢文 | かんぶん | Chinese classics |
呪文 | じゅもん | spell |
全文 | ぜんぶん | full text |
長文 | ちょうぶん | long sentence |
文集 | ぶんしゅう | anthology |
文通 | ぶんつう | exchanging letters |
前文 | ぜんぶん | preamble |
散文 | さんぶん | prose |
文系 | ぶんけい | liberal arts |
訳文 | やくぶん | translation |
文具 | ぶんぐ | stationery |
和文 | わぶん | Japanese sentence |
文語 | ぶんご | written language |
古文 | こぶん | ancient writing |
構文 | こうぶん | syntax |
文末 | ぶんまつ | end of sentence |
例文 | れいぶん | example sentence |
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