文房

Chinese

 
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
house
trad. (文房)
simp. #(文房)

Pronunciation


Noun

文房

  1. (formal) study (room)
  2. (archaic) department in charge of official documents and correspondence
  3. (Vietnam) office

Usage notes

In Chinese, the common word for study (as in a room designated for reading or writing) is 書房书房 (shūfáng); its 雅稱雅称 (yǎchēng, “elegant name”) is 書齋书斋 (shūzhāi), or 文房 (wénfáng).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぶん
Grade: 1
ぼう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

/bunbau//bunbɔː//bunboː/

From Middle Chinese 文房 (MC mɨun bʉɐŋ, literally “literature, studies, writing + room, area”). Uses the kan'on reading for the first character, so possibly a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

文房 (hiragana ぶんぼう, rōmaji bunbō, historical hiragana ぶんばう)

  1. a study, an office
    Synonym: 書斎 (shosai)

See also

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

文房 (munbang) (hangeul 문방)

  1. Hanja form? of 문방 (study (room)).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

文房

  1. Hán tự form of văn phòng (office).
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