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Chinese
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language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
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chapter; seal; section
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simp. and trad.
(文章)
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文
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章
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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文
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章
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
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wén
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zhāng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ mjun ›
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‹ tsyang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*mə/
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/*taŋ/
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| English
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ornate
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brilliant; distinctive mark; to display
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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文
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章
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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13015
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16817
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Phonetic
component
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文
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章
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Rime
group
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文
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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文
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章
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Old
Chinese
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/*mɯn/
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/*kjaŋ/
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Noun
文章
- essay; composition; article (in a newspaper, magazine, on the Internet, etc.) (Classifier: 篇)
- 熱門文章／热门文章 ― rèmén wénzhāng ― popular article
- 發表文章／发表文章 ― fābiǎo wénzhāng ― to publish an article
我寫了一篇文章，想請您給我指點一下。 [MSC, trad.]
我写了一篇文章，想请您给我指点一下。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ xiě le yī piān wénzhāng, xiǎng qǐng nín gěi wǒ zhǐdiǎn yīxià.
- I wrote an article and would like to ask you to give me some advice.
這篇文章寫得多棒啊，背下來。 [MSC, trad.]
这篇文章写得多棒啊，背下来。 [MSC, simp.]- Zhè piān wénzhāng xiěde duō bàng a, bèi xiàlái.
- How excellently written is this article! Memorize it.
我看過你的文章，很喜歡你的文采。 [MSC, trad.]
我看过你的文章，很喜欢你的文采。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ kàn guò nǐ de wénzhāng, hěn xǐhuān nǐ de wéncǎi.
- I've read your article and appreciate your literary talent.
- literary work; writing; text
- hidden meaning; implied meaning
- (Internet) message; post
- (archaic, literary) pattern
青黃雜糅，文章爛兮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
青黄杂糅，文章烂兮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
- Qīng huáng záróu, wénzhāng làn xī.
- Dark-green mixed with yellow, splendid is thy pattern.
遂朱綠之，玄黃之，以為黼黻文章。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
遂朱绿之，玄黄之，以为黼黻文章。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Suì zhū lǜ zhī, xuán huáng zhī, yǐ wéi fǔfú wénzhāng.
- They then dyed the thread red and green, azure and yellow, to make the variously coloured figures on robes.
Synonyms
- 作文 (zuòwén)
- 筆札／笔札 (bǐzhá) (literary, figurative)
- 論文／论文 (lùnwén)
- 冊／册 (cè) (as a classifier, or Classical Chinese)
- 冊子／册子 (cèzi)
- 卷 (juàn)
- 圖書／图书 (túshū) (as a collective term)
- 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
- 文曲 (wénqǔ) (Classical Chinese)
- 書／书 (shū)
- 書冊／书册 (shūcè) (dated or Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien)
- 書卷／书卷 (shūjuàn)
- 書本／书本 (shūběn) (as a collective term)
- 書籍／书籍 (shūjí) (as a collective term)
- 本 (běn) (as a classifier)
- 本子 (běnzi)
- 本本 (běnběn) (informal, diminutive)
- 版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
- 簿 (bù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
- 簿仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 籍 (jí) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
- 經籍／经籍 (jīngjí)
- 著 (zhù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
- 著作 (zhùzuò)
- 藝文／艺文 (yìwén)
- (message; post): 帖子 (tiězi)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
文章 • (bunshō) ←ぶんしやう (bunsyau)?
- (grammar) a sentence
- writing
- an essay or composition
- a writing style
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 文章家: a writer, an essayist
- 文章語: literary (i.e. written) language
Proper noun
文章 • (Fumiaki)
- a male given name
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
文章 • (munjang) (hangeul 문장)
- Hanja form? of 문장 (“(grammar) sentence”).
Vietnamese
Noun
文章
- chữ Hán form of văn chương (“literature”).