Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
condolences, mourning, funeral
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1840 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 弔問 【チョウモン】 condolence call, visiting a bereaved family to offer condolences
  • 弔辞 【チョウジ】 message of condolence, memorial address
  • 慶弔 【ケイチョウ】 congratulations and condolences
  • 哀弔 【アイチョウ】 sympathetic condolences

Kun reading compounds

  • 弔う 【とむらう】 to mourn for, to grieve for, to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.), to hold a memorial service for, to hold a funeral service for
  • 弔う 【とむらう】 to mourn for, to grieve for, to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.), to hold a memorial service for, to hold a funeral service for

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
diao4
Korean:
jo, jeog

Spanish

  • condolencias
  • luto
  • entierro
  • funeral
  • dar el pésame
  • enterrar

Portuguese

  • condolencias
  • velório
  • funeral

French

  • condoléances
  • deuil
  • funérailles
1588 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1987 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
80 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1690 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1269 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1796 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1934 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1815 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
606 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4240 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2139 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2888 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1241 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9698 Morohashi
3432 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1680 New Nelson (John Haig)
1233 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1319 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1032 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3544 2001 Kanji
0a4.41 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1752.7 Four corner code
1-36-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f14 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