公文

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (公文)		公	文
simp. #(公文)		公	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ man⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-vùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongwún
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-wên²
    • Yale: gūng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongwen
    • Palladius: гунвэнь (gunvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ man⁴
    • Yale: gūng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 公文 公民

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ vun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: kong-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

Noun

公文

1. official document (Classifier: 份 m)

Synonyms

• 文書／文书 (wénshū)

Derived terms

• 公文包 (gōngwénbāo)
• 公文旅行
• 公文紙／公文纸
• 公文袋

 

Related terms

• 文件 (wénjiàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公文):

• → Japanese: 公(こう)文(ぶん) (kōbun); 公(く)文(もん) (kumon)
• → Korean: 공문(公文) (gongmun)
• → Vietnamese: công văn (公文)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	文
こう Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology 1

A compound of 公 + 文 using the kan-on reading

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

公(こう)文(ぶん) • (kōbun) 

1. official documents

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
公	文
く Grade: 2	もん Grade: 1
on’yomi

A compound of 公 + 文 using the go-on reading

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝmõ̞ɴ]

Noun

公(く)文(もん) • (kumon) 

1. kumon; official documents submitted to the central government in the ritsuryō system