文藝

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See also: 文艺 and 文芸

Chinese

 
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
skill; art
trad. (文藝)
simp. (文艺)
alternative forms 文蓺 writing skills
anagram 藝文艺文

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (31)
Final () (59) (35)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjun ngjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨun/ /ŋiᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/miun/ /ŋiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuən/ /ŋjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mun/ /ŋiajH/
Li
Rong
/miuən/ /ŋiɛiH/
Wang
Li
/mĭuən/ /ŋĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯uən/ /ŋi̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
man4 ngai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wén
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjun › ‹ ngjiejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*mə/ /*ŋet-s/ (MC I!)
English ornate cultivation, art, skill

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. 13015 15090
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mɯn/ /*ŋeds/
Notes

Noun

文藝

  1. Short for 文學藝術文学艺术 (wénxué yìshù, “literature and art”); (sometimes specifically) literature or performance art
  2. (Classical) writing skills

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文藝):

Adjective

文藝

  1. (neologism) artistic; hipster; artsy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぶん
Grade: 1
げい
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

(ぶん)(げい) (bungei

  1. Kyūjitai form of 文芸 (art and culture)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

文藝 (munye) (hangeul 문예)

  1. Hanja form? of 문예 (literature).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

文藝

  1. chữ Hán form of văn nghệ (literature and art).