文盲

Reading

Kana: もんもう
Romaji: monmou
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

illiteracy

Note: sensitive
See also: 非識字
2

illiterate person; an illiterate

Note: sensitive

Kanji

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: モウ、 めくら
Meanings: blind, blind man, ignoramus

Example Sentence

その(くに)人口(じんこう)の3(ぶん)の1は文盲(もんもう)である。
➥One third of the population of that country cannot read.
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