Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 4
Meaning: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Kunyomi: ふみ あや
Onyomi: ブン モン
Composition: 亠 乂
Radical: 文
Reading: ぶん
Meaning: script, literature
Strokes: 4
文法(ぶんぽう) grammar
文章(ぶんしょう) sentence
文学(ぶんがく) literature
文化(ぶんか) culture
文明(ぶんめい) civilization
文庫本(ぶんこぼん) paperback
文房具(ぶんぼうぐ) stationery
論文(ろんぶん) thesis
文通する(ぶんつうする) correspond, exchange letters
文部省(もんぶしょう) Ministry of Education
文句(もんく) phrase, complaint
恋文(こいぶみ) love-letter
文 (ブン) sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
文化 (ブンカ) culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
公文 (コウブン) official document, archives
異文 (イブン) variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
文 (モン) mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
紋 (モン) (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
人文 (ジンブン) humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
縄文 (ジョウモン) straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
文 (ふみ) letter, writings
文香 (ふみこう) scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
雁の文 (かりのふみ) (a) letter
日文 (ひふみ) Hifumi (script)
綾 (あや) figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
文無鳥 (あやなしどり) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
言葉は身の文 (ことばはみのあや) words betray one's character
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 4
Meaning: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Kunyomi: ふみ あや
Onyomi: ブン モン
Composition: 亠 乂
Radical: 文
Reading: ぶん
Meaning: script, literature
Strokes: 4
文法(ぶんぽう) grammar
文章(ぶんしょう) sentence
文学(ぶんがく) literature
文化(ぶんか) culture
文明(ぶんめい) civilization
文庫本(ぶんこぼん) paperback
文房具(ぶんぼうぐ) stationery
論文(ろんぶん) thesis
文通する(ぶんつうする) correspond, exchange letters
文部省(もんぶしょう) Ministry of Education
文句(もんく) phrase, complaint
恋文(こいぶみ) love-letter
文 (ブン) sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
文化 (ブンカ) culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
公文 (コウブン) official document, archives
異文 (イブン) variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
文 (モン) mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
紋 (モン) (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
人文 (ジンブン) humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
縄文 (ジョウモン) straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
文 (ふみ) letter, writings
文香 (ふみこう) scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
雁の文 (かりのふみ) (a) letter
日文 (ひふみ) Hifumi (script)
綾 (あや) figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
文無鳥 (あやなしどり) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
言葉は身の文 (ことばはみのあや) words betray one's character