Last Updated :2026/01/08

Hiragana
もん / ぶん / ふみ
Noun
Japanese Meaning
文(昔の通貨) / 足の長さを測る単位(文貨を並べてインチの目盛りのように使っていたことから) / 文字
Easy Japanese Meaning
もじや、てがみのこと。また、むかしのおかねや、あしの大きさのたんい。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
旧时的货币单位 / 用文钱作刻度的脚长单位 / 文字;字母
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
日本舊幣制中的小額貨幣單位 / 以銅錢排比測量腳長的長度單位 / 字;字母
Korean Meaning
옛 일본의 화폐 단위 ‘문’ / 발 크기를 재던 옛 길이 단위 / 문자, 글자
Indonesian
mon, mata uang lama Jepang / satuan panjang tradisional untuk ukuran kaki / aksara; huruf
Vietnamese Meaning
đồng mon, tiền cổ của Nhật / đơn vị đo chiều dài dùng để đo cỡ bàn chân / chữ; ký tự
Tagalog Meaning
mon, lumang salaping Hapon / yunit ng sukat ng paa (batay sa barya) / titik; karakter
What is this buttons?

At an antique market, I found three mon (an old Japanese currency) from the Edo period for sale and asked the shopkeeper about their origin.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

在古董市场上发现有三张江户时代的文书在出售,便向店主打听了来历。

Chinese (Traditional) Translation

我在古董市看到三枚江戶時代的「文」在賣,於是向店主打聽由來。

Korean Translation

골동품 시장에서 에도 시대의 문서 세 장이 팔리고 있는 것을 발견하고 가게 주인에게 유래를 물었다.

Indonesian Translation

Di pasar barang antik, saya menemukan tiga naskah dari zaman Edo yang dijual, lalu menanyakan asal-usulnya kepada pemilik toko.

Vietnamese Translation

Ở chợ đồ cổ, tôi phát hiện có ba đồng "mon" thời Edo đang được bày bán, và hỏi chủ cửa hàng về nguồn gốc của chúng.

Tagalog Translation

Sa isang pamilihan ng antigong gamit, napansin ko na may tatlong dokumento mula sa panahon ng Edo na binebenta, at tinanong ko ang may-ari ng tindahan tungkol sa pinagmulan nila.

What is this buttons?
Sense(1)

(also spelled 紋) a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)

Sense(2)

a unit of length for measuring the size of one's foot (from the way that the mon coins would be lined up and used as a kind of inch marker)

Sense(3)

the mon, an old currency

Sense(4)

a character, a letter

Sense(5)

a magical spell

Sense(6)

writing, something written

Sense(7)

(also spelled 紋) a design, a pattern

romanization

hiragana

Quizzes for review

the mon, an old currency / a unit of length for measuring the size of one's foot (from the way that the mon coins would be lined up and used as a kind of inch marker) / a character, a letter

See correct answer

骨董市で江戸時代の文が三枚売られているのを見つけ、店主に由来を聞いた。

See correct answer

At an antique market, I found three mon (an old Japanese currency) from the Edo period for sale and asked the shopkeeper about their origin.

At an antique market, I found three mon (an old Japanese currency) from the Edo period for sale and asked the shopkeeper about their origin.

See correct answer

骨董市で江戸時代の文が三枚売られているのを見つけ、店主に由来を聞いた。

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