This is the 981st most frequent Japanese word.
文
"文" (ぶん, bun) means "sentence" or "text."
In this context, '文' refers to a 'sentence', representing a complete unit of meaning in written text.
この文はとても簡単です。
This sentence is very simple.
Here, '文' appears in the compound '文献', which means 'literature' or 'manuscripts', focusing on written documents.
彼女は古い文献を研究しています。
She is researching old manuscripts.
In this example, '文' refers to 'writing' or 'text' in a general sense related to language and script.