繁文

Chinese

		complicated; many; in great numbers	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (繁文)		繁	文
simp. #(繁文)		繁	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánwún
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-wên²
    • Yale: fán-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnwen
    • Palladius: фаньвэнь (fanʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ wən³⁵/

Noun

繁文

1. (literary) overelaborate formalities
2. (literary) convoluted writing

Derived terms

• 繁文縟節 / 繁文缛节

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
繁	文
しげ Grade: S	もん Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
繁文 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しげもん [shìgémóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡe̞mõ̞ɴ]

Noun

繁(しげ)文(もん) • (shigemon) ^{←しげもん (sigemon)?}

1. dense pattern

   Antonym: 遠文 (tōmon)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
繁	文
はん Grade: S	ぶん Grade: 1
kan'on

Alternative spellings
繁文 (kyūjitai) 煩文

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんぶん [hàńbúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠mbɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

繁(はん)文(ぶん) • (hanbun) ^{←はんぶん (fanbun)?}

1. complicated decoration; complicated text

Derived terms

• 繁(はん)文(ぶん)縟(じょく)礼(れい) (hanbun jokurei)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
繁	文
しげ Grade: S	ふみ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
繁文 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しげふみ [shìgéꜜfùmì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡe̞ɸɯ̟mʲi]

Proper noun

繁(しげ)文(ふみ) • (Shigefumi) 

1. a male given name

References

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