文房四宝

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See also: 文房四寶

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 文房四宝 – see 文房四寶 (“Four Treasures of the Study”).
(This term is the simplified form of 文房四寶).
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Japanese

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文房四宝 (bunbō shihō): the Four Treasures of the Study.
Kanji in this term
文 房 四 宝
ぶん
Grade: 1 		ぼう
Grade: S 		し
Grade: 1 		ほう
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
文房四寶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 文房 (bunbō, “study hall”) +‎ 四 (shi, “four”) +‎ 寶 (hō, “treasure”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

文(ぶん)房(ぼう)四(し)宝(ほう) • (bunbōshihō) 

  1. (idiomatic) four treasures of the study: the brush, ink, paper and inkstone used in Chinese and other East Asian calligraphic traditions

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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