博文

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Chinese

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (4)
Final () (104) (59)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter pak mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pwɑk̚/ /mɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʷɑk̚/ /miun/
Shao
Rongfen
/puɑk̚/ /miuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pwak̚/ /mun/
Li
Rong
/puɑk̚/ /miuən/
Wang
Li
/puɑk̚/ /mĭuən/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pwɑk̚/ /mi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bo wén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bok3 man4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wén
Middle
Chinese
‹ pak › ‹ mjun ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁak/ /*mə/
English broad ornate

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3474 13015
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*paːɡ/ /*mɯn/

Etymology 1

extensive; ample; rich
extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble
 
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 
trad. (博文)
simp. #(博文)
anagram 文博

Verb

博文

  1. (literary) to be proficient in classical texts

Noun

博文

  1. (literary) verbose words

Etymology 2

blog (博客) writing
trad. (博文)
simp. #(博文)
anagram 文博

Noun

博文

  1. blogpost

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひろ
Grade: 4
ふみ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Proper noun

(ひろ)(ふみ) or 博文(ひろぶみ) (Hirofumi or Hirobumi

  1. a male given name