字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE甲3940 (商)
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Animals & Wildlife
文
文 literature, pattern, culture
ぶん bun
4 strokesRadical of 4 kanjiPart of 6
Your ink in 文0% painted · 0 of 4 familiar
Origin · sourced
Ideogram指事
A man with a painted or tattooed chest – original form of 紋. The tattoo was usually a cross, a V shape or a stylized heart.
Source: Wiktionary, 文 (rev. 93748235), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Civilization begins with a single mark. Whether it’s a beautiful pattern on a piece of pottery or a word inscribed on a page, this radical is the soul of human culture. When you see these strokes, think of the elegance of writing, the structure of society, and the enduring patterns of history we leave behind.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Relates to writing, literature, decoration, cultural refinement, or the idea of an organized pattern or system.
一覧
Every kanji with 文 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 4 kanji