文房

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Chinese[edit]

 
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
house
trad. (文房)
simp. #(文房)

Pronunciation[edit]


Noun[edit]

文房

  1. (formal) study (room)
  2. (archaic) department in charge of official documents and correspondence
  3. (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
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.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ぶん)(ぼう) (bunbōぶんばう (bunbau)?

  1. a study, an office
    Synonym: 書斎 (shosai)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

文房 (munbang) (hangeul 문방)

  1. Hanja form? of 문방 (study (room)).

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun[edit]

文房

  1. chữ Hán form of văn phòng (office).