105
文
Sentence, Writing
ふみ (fumi)
JLPT N4
Interesting Fact
People often imagine samurai only practicing swordsmanship, but the ideal warrior was expected to master both 武 (martial arts) and 文 (learning and literature). This philosophy became known as 文武両道 (ぶんぶりょうどう)—"the way of both the pen and the sword." A respected samurai could write elegant poetry, compose letters, and study classics just as skillfully as they fought on the battlefield.
Memory Trick
Look at 文. Can you see a butterfly spreading its wings? 🦋 “You Can Spread your wings like butterfly when you can write a sentence.”
Readings
Onyomi: ブン (bun), モン (mon)
Kunyomi: ふみ (fumi)
Example Words
文章
ぶんしょう (bunshou)
Sentence, passage
文化
ぶんか (bunka)
Culture
文学
ぶんがく (bungaku)
Literature
漢文
かんぶん (kanbun)
Classical Chinese text
Example Sentence
日本語の 文章を 読みました。
にほんごの ぶんしょうを よみました。
nihongo no bunshou o yomimashita
I read a Japanese passage.