The kanji 文: meaning, readings and stroke order

文

Meaning: writing, letters
On reading: ブン bun、モン mon、モ mo
Kun reading: ふみ fumi
Strokes: 4
Radical: 文 script, literature
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: câu văn, chữ (văn)
Japanese: ぶんしょう。もじ。
Korean: 글, 글자 (문)
Chinese: 文章、文字

Readings, words and example sentences

ブン bun · on reading

文ぶん
sentence
みじかい 文ぶんを一つつくります。
I make one short sentence.

モン mon · on reading

天てん文もん
astronomy, the stars
天てん文もんの本を見るのがすきです。
I like looking at books about the stars.

モ mo · on reading

文も字じ
letter, written character
この 文も字じは大きくて見やすいです。
These letters are big and easy to read.

ふみ fumi · kun reading · less common

文ふみ
letter (old word)
むかしの人は 文ふみを出しました。
People long ago sent letters.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.