漢文

See also: 汉文

Chinese

		Chinese; name of a dynasty; man	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (漢文)		漢	文
simp. (汉文)		汉	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hàn-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hànwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hànwún
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴-wên²
    • Yale: hàn-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannwen
    • Palladius: ханьвэнь (xanʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ man⁴
    • Yale: hon màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàn-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: hàn-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: harnbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²¹⁻⁵³ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /han¹¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²¹⁻⁴¹ bun²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 漢文

1. written Chinese
2. Chinese literature
3. Literary Chinese
4. Classical Chinese

Synonyms

• (written Chinese):

(deprecated template usage)

• 中國話／中国话 (Zhōngguóhuà)
• 中國語／中国语 (Zhōngguóyǔ) (rare)
• 中文 (Zhōngwén)
• 漢語／汉语 (hànyǔ) (usually spoken Chinese)
• 華文／华文 (Huáwén)
• 華語文／华语文 (huáyǔwén) (both spoken and written)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (漢文):

• → Japanese: 漢文(かんぶん) (kanbun)
• → Korean: 한문(漢文) (hanmun)
• → Vietnamese: Hán văn (漢文)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
漢	文
かん Grade: 3	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
漢文 (kyūjitai)

Noun

漢(かん)文(ぶん) • (kanbun) 

1. Literary Chinese; Classical Chinese

Derived terms

• 漢文訓読(かんぶんくんどく) (kanbun kundoku): annotating Literary Chinese so that it can be read using Japanese grammatical structure
• 変体漢文(へんたいかんぶん) (hentai kanbun): Literary Chinese with heavy Japanese-language influence

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Korean

Hanja in this term
漢	文

Noun

漢文 • (hanmun) (hangeul 한문)

1. Hanja form^? of 한문 (“Classical Chinese literature”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
漢	文

Noun

漢文

1. chữ Hán form of Hán văn (“Classical Chinese”).