What is term for the most general form of writing or text


Typing **The article/text/writing was innovative** in any translation software
gives numerous results. After looking up the words _article_ , _text_ , and
_writing_ in the dictionary, I found too many options and so, decided to
choose the most basic word that would get the meaning of _a visible piece of
text_ through.

I need a word that in general can encompass things such as writings in a cave,
an article in the newspaper, a notice on the notice board, an essay written by
a student, etc.

Or there are too many to sift through and I should memorize them separately.
BTW, I found _きじ_ and. _てくすと_ but am not sure if they can collectively handle
broad meanings.

Is there a general term for **texts** in japanese like fluid is for everything
that flows?




We may not have a perfect counterpart. The best I could think of would be
「文章{ぶんしょう}」.

If, however, the writing consisted of only a few letters/characters, we might
call it 「文字{もじ}」.

