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N4 kanji · 4 strokes

文 means writing, sentence

文Real origin

It began as a person with a pattern drawn on their chest: pattern, writing.

Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.

Meaning and readings

Meanings
sentence, literature, style, art
JLPT level
N4
Strokes
4
School grade
Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) ふみ fumi

ふみ (fumi) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.

Other Japanese readings: あや aya

From Chinese (onyomi) ブン bun

ブン (bun) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.

Other readings from Chinese: モン mon

Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.

Common word

文書 ぶんしょ · bunsho

document, writing

The story and the part meanings are Chirami's own. Readings, meanings and the common word come from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, and the strokes from KanjiVG. Spotted a mistake? Email support@brightsmilesolutions.org.