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sentence
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingブン、モン
Kun readingふみ、あや
JōyōGrade 1

Popular Usage

作文文章文化文学文法英文人文科学原文

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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plaid · kilt · Billy Connolly

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1861

Compound words

作文さくぶん
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
文章ぶんしょう
writing; composition; essay; article; passage
文化ぶんか
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
文学ぶんがく
literature
文法ぶんぽう
grammar
英文えいぶん
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
人文科学じんぶんかがく
humanities; arts
原文げんぶん
original text
一文いちもん
tiny amount of money; a penny; a cent; a farthing; one letter
漢文かんぶん
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
公文こうぶん
official document; archives
散文さんぶん
prose
序文じょぶん
preface; foreword; introduction
条文じょうぶん
text (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.); provisions
前文ぜんぶん
the above sentence; the foregoing remark; preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.); opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)
全文ぜんぶん
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
注文ちゅうもん
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
天文てんもん
astronomy
縄文じょうもん
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
碑文ひぶん
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
仏文ふつぶん
French; French writing; French literature
文科ぶんか
humanities and social sciences; liberal arts; faculty of humanities; school of liberal arts
文楽ぶんらく
bunraku; Japanese puppet theatre (theater)
文句もんく
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words

Stroke Order

4 strokes

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