Chinese symbol for “monogatari”
物语
wù yǔ
Traditional: 物語
monogatari; epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for monogatari is 物语 (wù yǔ), defined as: monogatari; epic narrative (Japanese literary form).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 物语.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
| 生物 | shēng wù | organism; living creature; life form; (attributive) biological; bio- |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 植物 | zhí wù | plant; vegetation |
| 语言 (語言) | yǔ yán | language; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng) |
| 语音 (語音) | yǔ yīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.