白文

Chinese

 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad.
(白文)
白 文
anagram 文白

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 白 文
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 庚 (113) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 傍陌切 無分切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠæk̚/ /mɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚak̚/ /miun/
Shao
Rongfen
/bak̚/ /miuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨjk̚/ /mun/
Li
Rong
/bɐk̚/ /miuən/
Wang
Li
/bɐk̚/ /mĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱɐk̚/ /mi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bó wén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak6 man4

Noun

白文

  1. text of an annotated book
  2. unannotated edition of a book
  3. intagliated characters (on a seal)
  4. Bai script
  5. (Korean Classical Chinese) unapproved document

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白文):
  • → Japanese: 白文(はくぶん) (hakubun)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白 文
はく
Grade: 1
ぶん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

白(はく)文(ぶん) • (hakubun) 

  1. unannotated Classical Chinese text, as opposed to Classical Chinese text annotated with kunten reading aids to read it as Japanese, or the Japanese reading of a Classical Chinese text
    Example: 楚人有鬻盾與矛者, as opposed to 楚人有下鬻二盾與一レ矛者上 or 楚(そ)人(ひと)に盾(たて)と矛(ほこ)とを鬻(ひさ)ぐ者(もの)有(あ)り (sohito ni tate to hoko to o hisagu mono ari).

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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