| 638 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 734 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 710 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1342 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1502 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 507 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1258 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 507 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 770 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 784 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 953 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 583 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3803 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1945 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2639 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1608 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9253 | Morohashi |
| 3065 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1607 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1594 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1720 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 670 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1160 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 序 【ジョ】 order, ordering, beginning, start, foreword, preface, introduction, opening of a song (in gagaku or noh)
- 序盤 【ジョバン】 opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.), early stages, initial phase, outset
- 公序 【コウジョ】 public order, public policy
- 西序 【セイジョ】 memorial rite involving the western sanctum
Kun reading compounds
- 序で 【ついで】 opportunity, occasion, chance, order, sequence, successor
- 序でに 【ついでに】 while (one is at it), when, on the occasion of, at the same time (as), on one's way (to), by the way, incidentally, in passing
- 序で 【ついで】 opportunity, occasion, chance, order, sequence, successor
- 序でに 【ついでに】 while (one is at it), when, on the occasion of, at the same time (as), on one's way (to), by the way, incidentally, in passing
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つぐ
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- inicio
- comienzo
- orden
- precedencia
- prefacio
Portuguese
- prefácio
- começo
- pedido
- precedência
- ocasião
- oportunidade
- acidentalmente
French
- début
- préface
- ordre
- priorité
- occasion
- avant
- en passant
| 553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 0022.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e8f | Unicode hex code |
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- 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 |