金文

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Chinese

		metal; gold; money	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (金文)		金	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnwén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ man⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kim-bûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ bhung⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinwún
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-wên²
  - Yale: jīn-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinwen
  - Palladius: цзиньвэнь (czinʹvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ man⁴
  - Yale: gām màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: kim-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimbuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gim¹ bhung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim bûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ buŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

金文

(writing, palaeography) Chinese bronze inscriptions
(writing, palaeography) bronze script

Synonyms

(Chinese bronze inscriptions, bronze script): 鐘鼎文／钟鼎文 (zhōngdǐngwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金文):

→ Japanese: 金文(きんぶん) (kinbun)
→ Korean: 금문(金文) (geummun)

See also

古文 (gǔwén)
今文 (jīnwén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	文
きん Grade: 1	ぶん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きんぶん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

金(きん)文(ぶん) • (kinbun)

Chinese bronze inscriptions
bronze script

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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