Word details

古文書

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 古文書.

Dictionary

Entry

古文書もんじょんしょNounFreq #31577
1

historical document; archives; old manuscript; paleograph

Examples
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

Paleography term

pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

old

5 strokesFrequency 509JLPT N4Grade 2

On

Kun

ふる.いふる--ふる.す

Nanori

ふゆ

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

4 strokesFrequency 190JLPT N3Grade 1

On

ブンモン

Kun

ふみあや

Nanori

かざり

write

10 strokesFrequency 169JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ショ

Kun

か.く-が.き-がき

Nanori

かき

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