four treasures of the study

English

Four Treasures of the Study

Etymology

A translation of Chinese 文房四寶／文房四宝 (wénfángsìbǎo).

Noun

four treasures of the study pl (plural only)

1. The brush, ink, paper and inkstone used in Chinese and other East Asian calligraphic traditions.

Hyponyms

• ink brush
• ink
• paper
• inkstone

Translations

writing utensils

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文房四寶／文房四宝 (zh) (wénfáng-sìbǎo)

• Japanese: 文房四宝 (ja) (bumbō-shihō)
• Korean: 문방사우(文房四友) (ko) (munbangsau)

Further reading

• Four Treasures of the Study on Wikipedia.Wikipedia