JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
文 means sentence, literature, style. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 4 strokes, read ぶん or もん. It is built from 2 parts: 亠 (kettle lid radical (no. 8)), 乂 (mow, cut grass). It appears in 作文 (essay) and 文章 (sentence / text).
文 is written in 4 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
文 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作文 | さくぶん | essay |
| 文章 | ぶんしょう | sentence / text |
| 文法 | ぶんぽう | grammar |
These use 亠 or 乂 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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