Jisho

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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

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  • 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

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon
Parts:
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
  • 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
  • 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
  • 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
  • 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
  • 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
  • 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
  • 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
  • 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
  • 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • transformarse
  • modificarse
  • disfrazarse

Portuguese

  • mudança
  • tomar a forma de
  • influência
  • encantar
  • iludir
  • seduzir
  • -isação

French

  • transformation
  • prendre la forme de
  • maquillage
  • influence
  • fantôme
  • enchanter
  • tromper
  • chimie
  • -isation
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
258 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
238 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
350 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
76 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
378 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
56 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
55 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
22 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2572X Morohashi
21 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 New Nelson (John Haig)
1008 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
104 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
2421.0 Four corner code
1-18-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5316 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
Variants:
property, money, wealth, assets
Kun:
たから
On:
ザイサイゾク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
494 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 財 【ザイ】 fortune, riches, goods, incorporated foundation
  • 財界 【ザイカイ】 financial world, business circles
  • 無形文化財 【ムケイブンカザイ】 intangible cultural asset
  • 文化財 【ブンカザイ】 cultural assets, cultural property
  • 財布 【サイフ】 wallet, purse, coin purse, billfold, pocketbook
  • 財布の紐を締める 【サイフノヒモヲシメル】 to tighten the purse strings, to tighten one's belt

Kun reading compounds

  • 宝 【たから】 treasure

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cai2
Korean:
jae

Spanish

  • propiedad
  • dinero
  • riqueza
  • fortuna
  • activos

Portuguese

  • propriedade
  • dinheiro
  • riqueza
  • bens

French

  • propriété
  • argent
  • fortune
  • actifs
793 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
712 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
685 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
569 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4490 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
285 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
919 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1143 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
553 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
562 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
741 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1741 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1849 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
978 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1326 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
689 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36664 Morohashi
1457 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5773 New Nelson (John Haig)
682 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
737 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
491 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
713 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3947 2001 Kanji
7b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
6480.0 Four corner code
1-26-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ca1 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
Variants:
government office
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
793 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 庁 【チョウ】 government office, agency, board
  • 庁舎 【チョウシャ】 government office building
  • 国税庁 【コクゼイチョウ】 National Tax Agency (Japan), national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)
  • 政庁 【セイチョウ】 government office

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ting1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • oficina del gobierno
  • edificio público

Portuguese

  • escritório de governo

French

  • bureau du gouvernement
950 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
938 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
459 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1498 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1034 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
506 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
174 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
763 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
777 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
541 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
582 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3768 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2612 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
598 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9223 Morohashi
3034 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1603 New Nelson (John Haig)
591 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
635 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
837 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553 2001 Kanji
3q2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
0022.1 Four corner code
1-36-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e81 Unicode hex code