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VocabularyJLPT N4 · core

文字

もじ
hepburn moji

character, letter, writing

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

  1. この文字は小さくて読みにくいです。
    These characters are small and hard to read.
  2. 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

  1. Which is NOT one of the three 文字 systems Japanese uses?

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