ぶん

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
打ん

Sandhi of 打ち (buchi, “hitting”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 打つ (butsu, “to hit, to strike”).[1][2]

The buchi- becomes bun- when prefixing a verb that starts with an n or m sound.

Prefix

ぶん • (bun-) 

  1. emphasizes the following verb
  2. indicates doing something with force
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Reading of various kanji.

Affix

ぶん • (bun) 

  1. 蚊: a mosquito
  2. 紊: to disturb, to confuse, to disorder

Noun

ぶん • (bun) 

  1. 分: a part, a portion, a share
  2. 文: a pattern; text; a document; literature; a sentence
  3. 聞: the act of hearing something

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