文字
もじ
hepburn moji
character, letter, writing
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
文writing
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字character
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Show stroke order animation
4 strokes · 2.7s
6 strokes · 4.1s
Examples
- この文字は小さくて読みにくいです。These characters are small and hard to read.
- 日本語は三種類の文字を使います。Japanese uses three kinds of writing characters.
Collocations
文字を書く小さい文字文字が読めるローマ字大文字
Mnemonic
文字 moji — 文 (writing, text) + 字 (character, letter). The individual characters (字) that make up writing (文). It refers to writing systems such as Japanese hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Sometimes read monji, but usually moji. Compounds: ローマ字 (Roman letters), 大文字 (capital letters).
Quick check
Which is NOT one of the three 文字 systems Japanese uses?