回文

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (回文/迴文)		回/迴	文
simp. (回文)		回	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huíwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huíwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéiwún
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-wên²
    • Yale: hwéi-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweiwen
    • Palladius: хуэйвэнь (xuejvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: wùih màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ mɐn²¹/

Noun

回文

1. palindrome

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	文
かい Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
廻文

Etymology

回 is a daiyōji replacing 廻.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ibɯ̟̃ɴ]
• (Tokyo) かいぶん [kàíbúń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

回(かい)文(ぶん) • (kaibun) ^{←くわいぶん (kwaibun)?}

1. palindrome (text that reads the same both ways)
2. circular letter

   Synonym: 回状 (kaijō)

Usage notes

• For Japanese palindromes, the sound unit is typically the mora, and voicing constraints may be ignored.

Further reading

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
回	文

Noun

回文 • (hoemun) (hangeul 회문)

1. hanja form^? of 회문 (“palindrome”)