成文

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (成文)		成	文
anagram		文成

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngwún
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-wên²
    • Yale: chéng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngwen
    • Palladius: чэнвэнь (čɛnvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: sìhng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ bun²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyeng mjun

Rime
Character	成	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是征切	無分切
Baxter	dzyeng	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋ/	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋ/	/mun/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋ/	/miuən/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋ/	/mĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing4	man4

Adjective

成文

1. in written form
2. statutory

Noun

成文

1. written material

Verb

成文

1. to put in writing

Derived terms

• 不成文 (bùchéngwén)
• 不成文法 (bùchéngwénfǎ)
• 成文化 (chéngwénhuà)
• 成文憲法／成文宪法
• 成文法 (chéngwénfǎ)
• 走筆成文／走笔成文

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
成	文
せい Grade: 4	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 成文 (dzyeng mjun, literally “to complete + writing”). Kan'on reading, so probably a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーぶん [sèébúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

成(せい)文(ぶん) • (seibun) 

1. written material, writing

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 成文化(せいぶんか) (seibunka): codification, putting something into writing; to codify, to put into writing
• 成文憲法(せいぶんけんぽう) (seibun kenpō): a written constitution
• 成文法(せいぶんほう) (seibunhō): a written law
• 成文律(せいぶんりつ) (seibunritsu): a written law

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
成	文
なり Grade: 4	ふみ > ぶみ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 成り (nari, “becoming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 成る naru “to become”) +‎ 文 (fumi, “writing, document”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na̠ɾʲibɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

Noun

成(なり)文(ぶみ) • (naribumi) 

1. (obsolete) starting from the Heian period, an epithet for a person who was assigned to the desired public office, as indicated on his application for office

Korean

Hanja in this term
成	文

Noun

成文 • (seongmun) (hangeul 성문)

1. Hanja form^? of 성문) (“written material, writing”).