文: Sentence; Literature; StyleKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ブン・モン)

• 文化ぶんかculture; civilization
• 文学ぶんがくliterature
• 文書ぶんしょdocument; writing
• 文部省もんぶしょうMinistry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
• 注文ちゅうもんorder (for an item)
• 論文ろんぶんthesis; essay
• 文庫ぶんこlibrary; book collection
• 文明ぶんめいcivilization; civilisation
• 文章ぶんしょうwriting; composition
• 文民ぶんみんcivilian
• 文芸ぶんげいliterature
• 文相ぶんしょうMinister of Education, Science and Culture
• 文化財ぶんかざいcultural assets; cultural property
• 文句もんくcomplaint; grumbling
• 本文ほんぶんtext (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter)
• 作文さくぶんwriting (an essay, prose, etc.); composition
• 文部もんぶMinistry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
• 文化庁ぶんかちょう(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs
• 文献ぶんけんliterature; books (reference)
• 縄文じょうもんstraw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware
• 英文えいぶんEnglish writing; English sentence
• 全文ぜんぶんwhole passage; full text
• 公文書こうぶんしょofficial document; archives
• 文化的ぶんかてきcultural
• 条文じょうぶんtext; provisions (act, treaty)
• 前文ぜんぶんthe above sentence; the foregoing remark
• 文化人ぶんかじんperson of culture; cultured person
• 文楽ぶんらくJapanese puppet theatre (theater); bunraku
• 私文書しぶんしょprivate document
• 天文てんもんastronomy
• 文学者ぶんがくしゃscholar of literature; literary person
• 国文学こくぶんがくJapanese literature
• 天文台てんもんだいastronomical observatory
• 天文学てんもんがくastronomy
• 文化勲章ぶんかくんしょうOrder of Culture; Order of Cultural Merit
• 異文いぶんvariant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
• 文化遺産ぶんかいさんcultural heritage
• 文教ぶんきょうeducation; culture
• 人文じんぶんhumanity; civilization
• 公文こうぶんofficial document; archives
• 一文いちもんsomething insignificant; one mon (10th sen)
• 古文書こもんじょhistorical document; archives
• 文体ぶんたいliterary style
• 原文げんぶんoriginal text
• 文科ぶんかhumanities; liberal arts
• 文脈ぶんみゃくcontext (of a passage); line of thought
• 文面ぶんめんcontent of a letter
• 碑文ひぶんinscription; epitaph
• 仏文ふつぶんFrench; French writing
• 文具ぶんぐstationery
• 文房具ぶんぼうぐstationery
• 文様もんようpattern; design
• 明文化めいぶんかstipulation; stating clearly
• 重要文化財じゅうようぶんかざいimportant cultural property; important cultural asset
• 英文学えいぶんがくEnglish(-language) literature

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 文ふみletter; writings

Other readings

• 文字もじletter (of alphabet); character
• 文字通りもじどおりliteral
• 頭文字かしらもじfirst letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)
• 文法ぶんぽうgrammar

Showing the 60 most common of 1,370 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 文

• 字
• 学
• 化
• 書
• 一
• 人
• 不
• 明
• 公
• 原
• 三
• 句