文

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

writing

HSK 7 N3

wén

ブン、モン

ふみ、あや

문

Pictograph of a man with writing (possibly a tattoo) on his chest. In later scripts the writing was abbreviated to a dot or omitted altogether.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

文

Regular

Modern

Chinese

文 [Wén]

surname Wen

文 [wén]

language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67

Japanese

綾、文あや同音

noun

usually kana figure; design
twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes
usually kana style (of writing); figure (of speech)
usually kana design; plot; plan
usually kana minor market fluctuation; technical correction
usually kanaabbrev. cat's cradle
usually kanaabbrev. lease rod (in a loom)

文、書ふみ同音

noun

formal letter; note; mail
formal book; writings
poetical literary arts; learning; scholarship

文ぶん同音

noun

sentence
composition; text; writings
the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature
computing statement

文もん同音

noun

historical mon; (explanation) one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870)
mon; (explanation) traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm)
letter; character; sentence
abbrev. scripture; incantation

紋、文もん同音

noun

(family) crest; coat of arms
pattern; figure
playing card suit (in karuta)

Korean

문 [文]

Affix

-mun; A suffix used to mean a piece of writing.

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (2)

私の後について各文を復唱しなさい。

Repeat each sentence after me.

文は武に勝る。

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Japanese Names

文あい

Ai female given name

文あや

Aya female given name

文あやみ

Ayami female given name

文おさむ

Osamu surname

文かさう

Kasau surname

文かさの

Kasano surname

文かさり

Kasari surname

文かざり

Kazari surnamegiven name

文かざる

Kazaru female given name

文かのう

Kanou given name

文のぶ

Nobu unclassified name

文びよん

Biyon surname

文ふくはら

Fukuhara unclassified name

文ふくみ

Fukumi unclassified name

文ふくみつ

Fukumitsu unclassified name

文ふくもと

Fukumoto unclassified name

文ふくわら

Fukuwara unclassified name

文ふみ

Fumi female given namesurname

文ふみのり

Fuminori unclassified name

文ふん

Fun surname

文ぶん

Bun female given namesurname

文ぶんこう

Bunkou given name

文ぶんさく

Bunsaku unclassified name

文ぶんじ

Bunji unclassified name

文まん

Man surname

文みねはら

Minehara unclassified name

文みねもと

Minemoto unclassified name

文むん

Mun surname

文むんそん

Munson surname

文もん

Mon unclassified name

文ゆに

Yuni female given name

文れもん

Remon female given name

CHINESE WORDS (200)

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

⭐ 文字 [もじ] #1,620

letter (of an alphabet)

文句を言う [もんくをいう] #3,968

⭐ 文字通り [もじどおり] #4,921

literally

⭐ 文明 [ぶんめい] #6,067

civilization

190 more items

KOREAN WORDS (120)

civil official in military

문장 #38,993

good writer

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