文房
Chinese
language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle |
house | ||
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trad. (文房) | 文 | 房 | |
simp. #(文房) | 文 | 房 |
Pronunciation
Noun
文房
- (formal) study (room)
- (archaic) department in charge of official documents and correspondence
- (Vietnam) office
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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文 | 房 |
ぶん Grade: 1 |
ぼう Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Etymology
/bunbau/ → /bunbɔː/ → /bunboː/
From Middle Chinese 文房 (MC mjun bjang, literally “literature, studies, writing + room, area”). Uses the kan'on reading for the first character, so possibly a later borrowing.
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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