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Japanese symbol for “literary”

Romaji: bungakuteki
literary

In Japanese, literary is , read (bungakuteki).

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Meanings

  1. adj-na literary

Kanji and stroke order

sentence, literature, style
on: ブン、モン
kun: ふみ、あや
4 strokes · JLPT 3
study, learning, science
on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ
8 strokes · JLPT 4
bull's eye, mark, target
on: テキ
kun: まと
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ぶんか bunkaculture; civilization; civilisation
もじ mojiletter (of an alphabet); character
ちゅうもん chuumonorder (for an item)
ぶんしょ bunshodocument; writing; letter
ぶんしょう bunshouwriting; composition; essay
ろんぶん ronbunthesis; essay; treatise
がっこう gakkouschool
だいがく daigakuuniversity; college
もくてき mokutekipurpose; goal; aim

See also: Chinese symbol for “literary”.

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.