sentence / culture
N4- Onyomi
- ブン・モン
- Kunyomi
- ふみ
- Stroke count
- 4
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Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 文 down and you get 亠 (lid / top) — a lid resting on the top, and beside it 乂 (cut / trim) — two strokes crossing in an X, like shears snapped shut. Picture a building of two storeys, a small roof sitting above a wider one, put 文 inside it, and let that scene stand for "sentence" — sentence / culture. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 4
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は4画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 4 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
注文
chuumon
order (goods)
文化
bunka
culture
注文する
chuumonsuru
to do order (goods)
注文した
chuumonshita
plain past: did order
注文します
chuumonshimasu
polite: do order (goods)
注文しない
chuumonshinai
plain negative: does not do order
Example sentences (3)
ネットで新しい椅子を注文しました。
ねっと で あたらしい いす を ちゅうもん しました。
netto de atarashii isu o chuumon shimashita.
I ordered a new chair online.
注文してから、届くまで一週間かかりました。
ちゅうもん して から、とどく まで いっしゅうかん かかりました。
chuumon shite kara, todoku made isshuukan kakarimashita.
After I ordered it, it took a week to arrive.
日本の文化に興味があります。
にほん の ぶんか に きょうみ が あります。
nihon no bunka ni kyoumi ga arimasu.
I am interested in Japanese culture.