Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 空文(くうぶん) in Japanese

空文
Kana Reading
くうぶん
Romaji
kūbun
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    dead letter
    Example sentence
    その条件空文している The treaty is now a dead letter.

Examples of 空文, くうぶん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 5

8 strokes

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

On'Yomi: クウ

Kun'Yomi: そら, あ.く, あ.き, あ.ける, から, す.く, す.かす, むな.しい

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JLPT 4

4 strokes

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

On'Yomi: ブン, モン

Kun'Yomi: ふみ, あや

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