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Japanese symbol for “participle”

Romaji: bunshi
participle

In Japanese, participle is , read (bunshi).

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Meanings

  1. n participle (gramm)

Kanji and stroke order

part, minute of time, segment
on: ブン、フン、ブ
kun: わ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる
4 strokes · JLPT 4
part of speech, words, poetry
on: シ
kun: ことば
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “participle”

WordReadingMeaning
けいどうし keidoushiparticiple

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じぶん jibunmyself; yourself; oneself
ぶぶん bubunportion; section; part
きぶん kibunfeeling; mood
はんぶん hanbunhalf
ぶんや bun'yafield; sphere; realm
たぶん tabunprobably; likely; perhaps
かし kashisong lyrics; words of a song; libretto
だいめいし daimeishipronoun

See also: Chinese symbol for “participle”.

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.