文書

See also: 文书

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	book; letter
trad. (文書)		文	書
simp. (文书)		文	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ syu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-sû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-su / bûn-sir / bûn-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnshu
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-shu¹
    • Yale: wén-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenshu
    • Palladius: вэньшу (vɛnʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ syu¹
    • Yale: màhn syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ syː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: vunˇ su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ su²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-su
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-sir
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-si
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunsy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² si⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 文書

1. official document; official correspondence; official dispatch

   外交文書／外交文书  ―  wàijiāo wénshū  ―  diplomatic correspondence

2. (literary) secretary
3. (literary) written language; writing; script
4. (literary) books; works

Synonyms

• (official document): 公文 (gōngwén)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
文	書
ぶん Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 文書 (*miən *shiu). Compare modern Chinese 文書／文书 (wénshū).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Now the most common reading for this term.

Noun

文(ぶん)書(しょ) • (bunsho) 

1. a document, a written record

   文書(ぶんしょ)でお問(と)い合(あ)わせください。

   Bunsho de otoiawase kudasai.

   Please contact us in writing.

   物語(ものがたり)を丸(まる)ごと文書(ぶんしょ)に書(か)き留(と)めた。

   Monogatari o marugoto bunsho ni kakitometa.

   She wrote down the whole story. / She got the whole story down on paper.

2. a letter, an epistle

   文書(ぶんしょ)を頻繁(ひんぱん)に交(か)わしていた。

   Bunsho o hinpan ni kawashite ita.

   They frequently exchanged letters.

Synonyms

• (writing): 文章
• (letter, epistle): 手紙

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
文	書
もん Grade: 1	しょ > じょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 文書 (*miən *shiu), with rendaku for the 書 character. The sho changes to jo as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare modern Chinese 文書／文书 (wénshū).

The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Less common reading in modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese.

Noun

文(もん)書(じょ) • (monjo) 

1. a document
2. (in palaeography) a written text between two parties

Derived terms

• 古文書 (こもんじょ, ​komonjo): an ancient document

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
文	書
もん Grade: 1	ぞ Grade: 2
irregular

Archaic alteration of monjo above.

Pronunciation

• Irregular
• IPA^(key): [mõ̞nzo̞]

Noun

文(もん)書(ぞ) • (monzo) 

1. (archaic) a document
2. (archaic) (in palaeography) a written text between two parties

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
文	書
ふみ Grade: 1	かき > がき Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 文 (fumi, “writing; a letter, an epistle”) +‎ 書 (kaki, “writing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 書く kaku, “to write”). The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯᵝmiŋa̠ki]

Noun

文(ふみ)書(がき) • (fumigaki) 

1. (archaic) the act of writing of a letter or correspondence
2. (archaic) the writing in a letter or correspondence, especially the style or appearance
   • c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (text here):

     古代なる御文書きなれど

     こだいなるおおむふみがきなれど

     Kodai naru ōmu-fumigaki naredo

     The writing is old-fashioned, but...