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漢文

漢文

See also: 汉文

Chinese

Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
 
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (漢文)
simp. (汉文)

Noun

漢文

  1. written Chinese language
  2. Chinese literature
  3. Literary Chinese
  4. Classical Chinese

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 3
ぶん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

漢文 (hiragana かんぶん, romaji kanbun)

  1. Chinese literature
  2. Japanese prose or poetry, traditionally written using Chinese characters and syntax but read in Japanese, sometimes with the aid of special punctuation symbols.

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9