金文

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (金文)		金	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ man⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kim-bûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ bhung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinwún
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-wên²
    • Yale: jīn-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinwen
    • Palladius: цзиньвэнь (czinʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ man⁴
    • Yale: gām màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: kim-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gim¹ bhung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim bûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ buŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

金文

1. (writing, palaeography) Chinese bronze inscriptions
2. (writing, palaeography) bronze script

Synonyms

• (Chinese bronze inscriptions, bronze script): 鐘鼎文／钟鼎文 (zhōngdǐngwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金文):

• → Japanese: 金文(きんぶん) (kinbun)
• → Korean: 금문(金文) (geummun)

See also

• 古文 (gǔwén)
• 今文 (jīnwén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	文
きん Grade: 1	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんぶん [kìńbúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩmbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

金(きん)文(ぶん) • (kinbun) 

1. Chinese bronze inscriptions
2. bronze script