Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
exhibit, state, relate, explain
Kun:
ひ.ねる
On:
チン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1323 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 陳 【チン】 Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE), Ch'en, Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE), Ch'en dynasty
  • 陳謝 【チンシャ】 apology
  • 開陳 【カイチン】 stating (one's views), expressing
  • 具陳 【グチン】 report in detail, formal statement

Kun reading compounds

  • 陳ねる 【ひねる】 to age, to get old, to go stale, to be too grown-up (for one's age), to be precocious, to become twisted, to become warped, to become perverse

Readings

Japanese names:
のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chen2
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • exhibir
  • exponer
  • desplegar
  • ser viejo

Portuguese

  • exibição
  • estado
  • relacionar
  • explicar

French

  • informer
  • présenter
  • raconter
  • expliquer
1604 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1303 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5001 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1647 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1873 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1311 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1405 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1494 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1524 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
737 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
656 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
396 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
493 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1310 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41698 Morohashi
540 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6457 New Nelson (John Haig)
1301 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1398 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1497 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3664 2001 Kanji
2d8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
7529.6 Four corner code
1-36-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9673 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

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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

12 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
beautiful woman, princess
Kun:
ひめ
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1735 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 才媛 【サイエン】 literary woman, talented woman

Kun reading compounds

  • 姫 【ひめ】 young lady of noble birth, princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.), girl, small, cute, lesser (in names of species), prostitute
  • 愛媛 【えひめ】 Ehime (prefecture)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4, yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • mujer bella
  • princesa

Portuguese

French

  • belle femme
  • princesse
1828 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1238 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1868 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2047 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1883 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
688 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
519 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1969 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6516X Morohashi
1244 New Nelson (John Haig)
1950 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2100 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3e9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4244.7 Four corner code
1-41-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a9b Unicode hex code