今文

Chinese

		today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (今文)		今	文
simp. #(今文)		今	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinwún
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-wên²
    • Yale: jīn-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinwen
    • Palladius: цзиньвэнь (czinʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ man⁴
    • Yale: gām màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/

Noun

今文

1. (writing, palaeography) Alternative name for 隸書／隶书 (lìshū, “clerical script”).
2. Han dynasty Confucian classics written in clerical script

See also

• 古文 (gǔwén)
• 金文 (jīnwén)
• 鐘鼎文／钟鼎文 (zhōngdǐngwén)