せん
ぶん

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

Messages.form.
  1. writing (an epitaph, foreword, etc.), composition, epitaph, inscription.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
せん
ぶん
撰文 せんぶん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

composing, editing, compiling
セン せん.する サン (Kentei Pre-1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
southeast
たつみ ソン (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
sentence, literature, style
ブン モン も (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)