文武

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	martial; military
simp. and trad. (文武)		文	武

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wénwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄨˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вынву (vɨnvu, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ mou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-vú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-bú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵ bhu²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ven-vu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-wu³
    • Yale: wén-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenwuu
    • Palladius: вэньу (vɛnʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вынву (vɨnvu, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vəŋ²⁴ vou⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ mou⁵
    • Yale: màhn móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ mou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-vú
    • Hakka Romanization System: vunˇ vu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² vu³
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ vu³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-bú
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunbuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhung⁵ bhu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng bú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bu⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ven-vu
    • MiniDict: ven^去 vu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven-vu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²² vu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mjun mjuX

Rime
Character	文	武
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無分切	文甫切
Baxter	mjun	mjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/	/mɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/	/mioX/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/	/mioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/	/muə̆X/
Li Rong	/miuən/	/mioX/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/	/mĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/	/mi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4	mou5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə[n]  m(r)aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯn  maʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	文	武
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wén	wǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ mjun ›	‹ mjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*mə[n]/	/*m(r)aʔ/
English	ornate	military
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	文	武
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13015	13184
Phonetic component	文	武
Rime group	文	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	文	武
Old Chinese	/*mɯn/	/*maʔ/

Noun

文武

1. literary and military arts

Proper noun

文武

1. King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou

Related terms

• 文王 (Wénwáng)
• 武王 (Wǔwáng)

Derived terms

• 才兼文武
• 文武之道
• 文武之道，一張一弛／文武之道，一张一弛
• 文武全才
• 文武兼備／文武兼备
• 文武兼濟／文武兼济
• 文武兼資／文武兼资
• 文武場／文武场
• 文武挑兒／文武挑儿
• 文武百官 (wénwǔbǎiguān)
• 文武雙全／文武双全 (wénwǔshuāngquán)
• 滿朝文武／满朝文武

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文武):

• → Japanese: 文武(ぶんぶ) (bunbu)
• → Korean: 문무(文武) (munmu)
• → Vietnamese: văn vũ (文武)