文久
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Chinese
language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle |
(long) time; (long) duration of time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (文久) |
文 | 久 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 文久 (Bunkyū).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnjiǒu
- Wade–Giles: Wên2-chiu3
- Yale: Wén-jyǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenjeou
- Palladius: Вэньцзю (Vɛnʹczju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: man4 gau2
- Yale: màhn gáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: man4 gau2
- Guangdong Romanization: men4 geo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐn²¹ kɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
文久
- Bunkyū (Japanese era spanning from February 1861 through February 1864)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 文 | 久 |
| ぶん Grade: 1 |
きゅう Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
Chosen as the name of the 年号 (nengō, “era”) based on a quote from the 後漢書 (Gokanjo, “Book of the Later Han”), Volume 79, Part 2, Biographies of Confucian Scholars: Xie Gai (謝該／谢该)[1] (full Chinese source text here):
- 故能文武并用，成长久之计。
- And it could be civil and military use, as a permanent solution.
The civil meaning here was likely chosen in reference to overtones of peace and culture.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- the Bunkyū era, 1861-1864
- Short for 文久泳宝 (Bunkyū eihō)., a copper coin with a square hole in the center, issued in 1863 and worth four 文 (mon)
See also
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN