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Details
Stroke Order
Component Breakdown
亠 + 乂
Cultural Context
Etymology
Pattern of tattoo. Design, character.
Symbolism
Culture, literature, civilization. Represents intellectual activity.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Standing on the earth
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
真一文字
まいちもんじ
straight line; beeline; straight line
同文同種
どうぶんどうしゅ
same race and same script; same race and same script
繁文縟礼
はんぶんじょくれい
red-tapism; red-tapism
文芸復興
ぶんげいふっこう
Renaissance; Renaissance
二束三文
にそくさんもん
dirt cheap; very cheap; dirt cheap
文質彬彬
ぶんしつひんぴん
harmony of beauty and substance; (perfect) balance of looks and character; harmony of refinement and simplicity; harmony of beauty and substance
文明開化
ぶんめいかいか
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation); civilization and enlightenment
文武両道
ぶんぶりょうどう
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports; being accomplished in both the literary and military arts
言文一致
げんぶんいっち
unification of the written and spoken forms of a language; unification of the written and spoken forms of a language
允文允武
いんぶんいんぶ
being versed in the literary and military arts; being versed in the literary and military arts
文人墨客
ぶんじんぼっかく
writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy; writers and artists
無学文盲
むがくもんもう
ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate person; ignorant and illiterate
不立文字
ふりゅうもんじ
Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism); Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment
文武兼備
ぶんぶけんび
well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen; well up in both literary and military (martial) arts
文武百官
ぶんぶひゃっかん
all the officials, both military and civil; all the officials, both military and civil
無知文盲
むちもんもう
ignorance and illiteracy; ignorance and illiteracy
一文不通
いちもんふつう
total illiteracy; total illiteracy
一文半銭
いちもんきなか
meagre sum of money; meagre sum of money
舞文曲筆
ぶぶんきょくひつ
twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth; twisting of the truth in one's writing
文武不岐
ぶんぶふき
scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path; scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same