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How to say 'Humanities' in Japanese | 文系

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The Japanese word for Humanities is 'Bunkei', written as 文系 in Japanese.'Humanities' in hiragana is ぶんけい.

    word

    文系

    Meaning

    Humanities

    Reading

    ぶんけい

    bunkei

    Kanji

    文Sentence 系Lineage

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '文系 (ぶんけい)' refers to the humanities or liberal arts field of study. It is commonly used in academic contexts to distinguish between humanities and sciences. For example: I am studying humanities「私は文系を勉強しています」(わたしはぶんけいをべんきょうしています). He chose the humanities track in high school「彼は高校で文系を選びました」(かれはこうこうでぶんけいをえらびました). This term is often contrasted with '理系 (りけい)', which refers to the sciences.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N1

    Kanji Grade

    6

    Frequency

    7269

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 文系

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    文

    Meaning

    Sentence

  • kanji

    系

    Meaning

    Lineage

Words Related to 文系 Through the Kanji 文

These 24 Words contain the Kanji 文 as well.

  • word

    文化

    Meaning

    Culture

  • word

    文字

    Meaning

    Character, Letter

  • word

    作文

    Meaning

    Composition

  • word

    文

    Meaning

    Sentence

  • word

    文学

    Meaning

    Literature

  • word

    文章

    Meaning

    Writing

  • word

    注文

    Meaning

    Order

  • word

    文房具

    Meaning

    Stationery

  • word

    文書

    Meaning

    Document

  • word

    例文

    Meaning

    Example

  • word

    文明

    Meaning

    Civilization

  • word

    英文

    Meaning

    English writing

  • word

    論文

    Meaning

    Paper, Thesis

  • word

    文句

    Meaning

    Phrase, Complaint

  • word

    人文科学

    Meaning

    Humanities

  • word

    文献

    Meaning

    Document

  • word

    文庫

    Meaning

    Library, Paperback

  • word

    文部

    Meaning

    Education

  • word

    文芸

    Meaning

    Literature

  • word

    本文

    Meaning

    Main text

  • word

    文学者

    Meaning

    Literary scholar

  • word

    文化的

    Meaning

    Cultural

  • word

    文法

    Meaning

    Grammar

  • word

    文化財

    Meaning

    Cultural asset

Words Related to 文系 Through the Kanji 系

These 5 Words contain the Kanji 系 as well.

  • word

    系

    Meaning

    System, Type

  • word

    体系

    Meaning

    System, Structure

  • word

    系列

    Meaning

    Series, Affiliation

  • word

    系統

    Meaning

    Lineage, System

  • word

    理系

    Meaning

    Science

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What does 'Bunkei' (文系) mean?

'Bunkei' means 'Humanities' .

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