Japanese symbol for “grammatically”

文法上

ぶんぽうじょう

Romaji: bunpoujou

grammatical

In Japanese, grammatically is 文法上, read ぶんぽうじょう (bunpoujou).

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Meanings

adj-no grammatical
adv grammatically

Kanji and stroke order

文

sentence, literature, style

on: ブン、モン
kun: ふみ、あや

4 strokes · JLPT 3

法

method, law, rule

on: ホウ、ハッ、ホッ、フラン
kun: のり

8 strokes · JLPT 2

上

above, up

on: ジョウ、ショウ、シャン
kun: うえ、-うえ、うわ-、かみ

3 strokes · JLPT 4

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
方法	ほうほう houhou	method; way; manner
法律	ほうりつ houritsu	law; legislation; act
以上	いじょう ijou	not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above

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.