EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    historical document; archives; old manuscript; paleograph

    彼女は物置の中で偶然いくつかの古文書を見つけた。
    She came across some old documents in the closet.
  2. pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular

    paleography termsee 文書see もんじょ・2

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old

Kun
ふる.いふる--ふる.す
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
509 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ふゆ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-3SKIP code
2k3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4060.0Four corner code
1577deroo
53e4Unicode hex code
1-24-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
702New Nelson (John Haig)
2002New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2495Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1262Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1728Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
16Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
373A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
154Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
93Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3233Morohashi
109A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
172Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
172Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
70sakade
32Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
121henshall3
107Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
320crowley
86Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
278Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
16Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gu3Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
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sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

Kun
ふみあや
On
ブンモン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
190 of 2500
Radical
script
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

かざり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-2SKIP code
2j2.4The Kanji Dictionary
0040.0Four corner code
466deroo
6587Unicode hex code
1-42-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2064Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2364New Nelson (John Haig)
1962New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2458Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1725Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1861Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
136A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
86Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
71Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13450Morohashi
68A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
111Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
111Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
134sakade
180Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
77henshall3
35Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
89crowley
320Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.19busy_people
949Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1741Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wen2, wen4Pinyin reading
munKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
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write

Kun
か.く-が.き-がき
On
ショ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
169 of 2500
Radical
say
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

かき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-6-4SKIP code
4c6.6The Kanji Dictionary
5060.1Four corner code
1678deroo
66f8Unicode hex code
1-29-81JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3719Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2463New Nelson (John Haig)
2658New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3292Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
327Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
130A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1216Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
70Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14294Morohashi
142A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
131Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
92sakade
58Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
159henshall3
197Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
121crowley
181Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
998Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
333Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shu1Pinyin reading
seoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level