日文

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ man^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngit-vùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-bûn / ji̍t-bûn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵zeq-ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhwún
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-wên²
    • Yale: r̀-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhwen
    • Palladius: живэнь (živɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ man^4-2
    • Yale: yaht mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngit-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngid^ˋ vun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngid⁵ vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋit̚² vun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidbuun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidbuun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² bun²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bun¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵zeq-ven
    • MiniDict: zeh^去 ven
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²zeq-ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ³³ vən⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

		Japan	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (日文)		日	文

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 日文

1. Japanese language (especially written)

Usage notes

• 日文 (rìwén) is more commonly used in written contexts, whilst 日語／日语 (Rìyǔ) is more common in spoken contexts. Like Nihongo in English, 日本語／日本语 (Rìběnyǔ) is usually restricted to linguistic and language learning contexts.

Synonyms

• 日語／日语 (Rìyǔ)
• 日本語／日本语 (Rìběnyǔ)
• 日本話／日本话 (rìběnhuà)
• (Cantonese, slang) 㗎文

Etymology 2

		Spain (short for 日斯巴尼亞)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (日文)		日	文

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 日文

1. (obsolete) Spanish language

   南美各國多用日文而日國與之並無通商條約 [MSC, trad.]
   南美各国多用日文而日国与之并无通商条约 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 外交公報, 1921

   Nánměi gèguó duō yòng rìwén ér Rìguó yǔ zhī bìng wú tōngshāng tiáoyuē [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 西班牙語／西班牙语 (xībānyáyǔ)
• 西班牙文 (xībānyáwén)
• 西語／西语 (xīyǔ)
• 西文 (xīwén)
• 西班牙話／西班牙话 (xībānyáhuà)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	文
にち Grade: 1	ぶん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

日(にち)文(ぶん) • (nichibun) 

1. Japanese script; Japanese writing; written Japanese

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Korean

Hanja in this term
日	文

Noun

日文 • (ilmun) (hangeul 일문)

1. hanja form^? of 일문 (“Japanese script; Japanese writing; written Japanese”)