Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
feather
Parts:
venerable old man
Kun:
おきな
On:
オウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2064 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 翁 【オキナ】 old man, venerable gentleman, venerable, old, father
  • 翁媼 【オウオウ】 old man and old woman, elderly man and elderly woman
  • 阿翁 【アオウ】 father-in-law (of a woman), grandfather
  • 白頭翁 【ハクトウオウ】 windflower, anemone, white-haired old man, grey starling (gray)

Kun reading compounds

  • 翁 【おきな】 old man, venerable gentleman, venerable, old, father
  • 翁恵比須 【おきなえびす】 Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 おな
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
weng1
Korean:
ong

Spanish

  • anciano

Portuguese

  • velho venerável

French

  • vénérable vieillard
1037 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2004 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
596 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1594 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1430 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1930 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2115 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1940 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1571 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2611 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1335 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1809 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
794 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28635P Morohashi
2108 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4677 New Nelson (John Haig)
786 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
849 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1382 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2053 2001 Kanji
2o8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-4-6 SKIP code
8012.7 Four corner code
1-18-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7fc1 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
script, literature
Parts:
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Kun:
ふみあや
On:
ブンモン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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)

Kun reading compounds

  • 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
  • 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
  • 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
  • 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
  • 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)
  • 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
  • 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character

Readings

Japanese names:
かざり、 ふ、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2, wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • letras
  • literatura

Portuguese

  • sentença
  • literatura
  • estilo
  • arte
  • decoração
  • figuras
  • plano

French

  • phrase
  • littérature
  • style
  • art
  • décoration
  • figure (de style)
  • plan
  • radical littéraire (no. 67)
134 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
77 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
68 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
136 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
180 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
86 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
111 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
320 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
949 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2458 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1741 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13450 Morohashi
1962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2364 New Nelson (John Haig)
1725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1861 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
89 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
35 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
0040.0 Four corner code
1-42-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6587 Unicode hex code