漢文訓読

See also: 漢文訓讀

Japanese

Examples

Original Literary Chinese text: 青，取之於藍，而青於藍。／青，取之于蓝，而青于蓝。 (Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE) The color blue, obtained from the indigo plant, is nevertheless bluer than the plant itself. (The original passage is in the subject-verb-object order, as in English) Kanbun annotation: 青，取二之於レ藍一，而青二於藍一。 (Passage is annotated with kanbun marks to be arranged in the Japanese subject-object-verb order) Kanbun kundoku: 青(あを)は、之(これ)を藍(あゐ)より取(と)りて、而(しか)も藍(あゐ)より青(あを)し。 Ao wa, kore o ai yori torite, shikamo ai yori aoshi. The color blue is obtained from the indigo plant, and yet is bluer than the plant itself. (Passage can now be read in the Japanese subject-object-verb order)

Kanji in this term
漢	文	訓	読
かん Grade: 3	ぶん Grade: 1	くん Grade: 4	どく Grade: 2
kan’on		goon

Alternative spelling
漢文訓讀 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 漢文 (kanbun, “Literary Chinese”) +‎ 訓読 (kundoku, “native reading of kanji”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんぶんくんどく [kàńbúń kúńdókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠mbɯ̟̃ᵝŋ kɯ̟̃ᵝndo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

漢(かん)文(ぶん)訓(くん)読(どく) • (kanbun kundoku) 

1. (orthography) the Japanese reading of Literary Chinese by a literal translation

   Synonym: 訓読 (kundoku)

See also

• 読(よ)み下(くだ)す (yomikudasu)
• 返(かえ)り点(てん) (kaeriten)