Japanese symbol for “anthology”
文集
ぶんしゅう
Romaji: bunshuu
anthology
In Japanese, anthology is 文集, read ぶんしゅう (bunshuu).
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Meanings
- n anthology
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “anthology”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 選書 | せんしょ sensho | anthology; selection of books |
| アンソロジー | アンソロジー ansorojii | anthology |
| 歌集 | かしゅう kashuu | collection of waka poems; anthology |
| 撰 | せん sen | anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection |
| 選集 | せんしゅう senshuu | selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文化 | ぶんか bunka | culture; civilization; civilisation |
| 文字 | もじ moji | letter (of an alphabet); character |
| 注文 | ちゅうもん chuumon | order (for an item) |
| 文書 | ぶんしょ bunsho | document; writing; letter |
| 文章 | ぶんしょう bunshou | writing; composition; essay |
| 論文 | ろんぶん ronbun | thesis; essay; treatise |
| 編集 | へんしゅう henshuu | editing; compilation |
| 募集 | ぼしゅう boshuu | recruitment; invitation; selection |
See also: Chinese symbol for “anthology”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.