文房
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Chinese[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
文房
- (formal) study (room)
- (archaic) department in charge of official documents and correspondence
- (Vietnam) office
Usage notes[edit]
In Chinese, the common word for study (as in a room designated for reading or writing) is 書房/书房 (shūfáng); its 雅稱/雅称 (yǎchēng, “elegant name”) is 書齋/书斋 (shūzhāi) or 文房 (wénfáng).
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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文 | 房 |
ぶん Grade: 1 |
ぼう Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
/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.
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See also[edit]
- 文房具 (bunbōgu)
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Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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文 | 房 |
Noun[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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文 | 房 |
Noun[edit]
文房
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