白文

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

Pronunciation

Noun

白文

  1. text of an annotated book
  2. unannotated edition of a book
  3. intagliated characters (on a seal)

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

Pronunciation

Noun

白文 (hiragana はくぶん, rōmaji 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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