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)
anagram 文白

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (4)
Final () (113) (59)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II III
Fanqie
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
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
はく
Grade: 1
ぶん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(はく)(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 楚人有盾與一レ矛者 or ()(ひと)(たて)(ほこ)とを(ひさ)(もの)() (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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