公文書

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	文	書
こう Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 公(こう) (kō, “public; official”) + 文(ぶん)書(しょ) (bunsho, “document”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːbɯ̟̃ɰ̃ɕo̞]
• (Tokyo) こーぶんしょ [kòóbúꜜǹshò] (Nakadaka – [3])

Noun

公(こう)文(ぶん)書(しょ) • (kōbunsho) 

1. public document; public records

   公(こう)文(ぶん)書(しょ)等(とう)の管(かん)理(り)に関(かん)する法(ほう)律(りつ)

   Kōbunsho Tō no Kanri ni Kansuru Hōritsu

   Public Records and Archives Management Act

Derived terms

• 公(こう)文(ぶん)書(しょ)館(かん) (kōbunshokan)

References

• “公文書”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026