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Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 4 strokes school

U+6587 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #190 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1725 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #67

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ふん・ぶん fun On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

文(ぶん) bun sentence 文(ぶん) 学(がく) bungaku literature 本(ほん) 文(ぶん) honbun body text 人(じん) 文(ぶん) jinbun humanities 文(ぶん) 書(しょ) bunsho document 文(ぶん) 明(めい) bunmei civilization 作(さく) 文(ぶん) sakubun essay 原(げん) 文(ぶん) genbun original text

もん mon On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

一(いち) 文(もん) ichimon one sentence 天(てん) 文(もん) 学(がく) tenmongaku astronomy 天(てん) 文(もん) tenmon astronomy 文(もん) 言(ごん) mongon wording 注(ちゅう) 文(もん) chuumon order 文(もん) 部(ぶ) monbu education ministry 文(もん) 部(ぶ) 省(しょう) monbushou Ministry of Education 文(もん) 句(く) monku complaint

も mo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

文(も) 字(じ) moji character 文(も) 字(じ) 数(すう) mojisuu character count 文(も) 字(じ) 通(どお) り mojidoori literally

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たい対 versus もん紋 family crest か蚊 mosquito はん斑 spot

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ふん・ぶん fun On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

もん mon On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

も mo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

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文 — sentence, text, literature

Meanings

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ふん ・ぶん fun On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

もん mon On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

も mo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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General

ふん・ぶん fun On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).