日文

Chinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1
Japan
 
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad.
(日文)		 日 文

Noun

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
Dialectal synonyms of 日語 (“Japanese language”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 日語, 日文, 日本語
Mandarin Taiwan 日文, 日語, 日本話
Cantonese Hong Kong 日文, 㗎文, 㗎話
Min Nan Xiamen 日語
Quanzhou 日語
Zhangzhou 日語
Tainan 日語, 日文

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

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 example)
Synonyms

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

Pronunciation

Noun

日(にち)文(ぶん) • (nichibun) 

  1. Japanese script; Japanese writing; written Japanese

Korean
Hanja in this term
日文

Noun

日文 • (ilmun) (hangeul 일문)

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