文

Meaning

文 centers on patterned expression: writing, literature, and style, but also decorative art and figures. The radical sense is the same visible pattern used as a component in other characters.

• 文化ぶんか
  N4

  culture; civilization; civilisation

• 文字もじ
  N3

  letter (of an alphabet); character

• 文ふみ
  N1

  letter; note; mail

• 文ぶん
  N3

  sentence

• 注文ちゅうもん
  N4

  order (for an item)

• 文章ぶんしょう
  N5

  writing; composition; essay; article; passage; prose; (writing) style

• 文句もんく
  N3

  complaint; grumbling; objection

• 文書ぶんしょ
  N2

  document; writing; letter; papers; notes; records; archives

• 論文ろんぶん
  N3

  thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

• 文庫ぶんこ
  N1

  library; book collection

• 文明ぶんめい
  N3

  civilization; civilisation; culture

• 文学ぶんがく
  N4

  literature

• 本文ほんぶん
  N1

  text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter)

• 英文えいぶん
  N2

  English writing; English sentence; English text

• 文字通りもじどおり
  N1

  literally; to the letter

• 文法ぶんぽう
  N4

  grammar

• 文献ぶんけん
  N2

  literature; books (reference); document

• 文化財ぶんかざい
  N1

  cultural assets; cultural property

• 文系ぶんけい
  N2

  humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts

• 文科ぶんか
  N1

  humanities and social sciences; liberal arts

• 作文さくぶん
  N5

  writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition

• 縄文じょうもん

  straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware

• 全文ぜんぶん

  whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph

• 文部もんぶ

  Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)

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