文選

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Chinese

language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 
to choose; to pick; to select
to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
 
trad. (文選) 文 選
simp. (文选) 文 选

Pronunciation

Noun

文選

  1. anthology (collection of literary works)

Proper noun

文選

  1. Wen Xuan (an anthology of Chinese poetry and literature compiled between 520-530 CE by Xiao Tong, the crown prince of Liang)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文選):
  • → Japanese: 文選(ぶんせん) (bunsen)
  • → Korean: 문선(文選) (munseon)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
文 選
ぶん
Grade: 1 		せん
Grade: 4
kan'on
 文選 (出版) on Japanese Wikipedia

文 (“literature; text”) +‎ 選 (“selection; picking”)

Pronunciation

Noun

文(ぶん)選(せん) • (bunsen) 

  1. (literature) an anthology
  2. (typography) type picking (historically, the picking of movable type for later typesetting)
    Holonym: 組版
    Coordinate term: 植字
    文(ぶん)選(せん)工(こう)
    bunsenkō
    a type picker

Verb

文(ぶん)選(せん)する • (bunsen suru) suru (stem 文(ぶん)選(せん)し (bunsen shi), past 文(ぶん)選(せん)した (bunsen shita))

  1. (typography) to pick type

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
文 選
もん
Grade: 1 		せん > ぜん
Grade: 4
goon
 文選 (書物) on Japanese Wikipedia

Literary Chinese 文選 (wénxuǎn)

Proper noun

文(もん)選(ぜん) • (Monzen) 

  1. the Selections of Refined Literature

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term
文選

Noun

文選 • (munseon) (hangeul 문선)

  1. hanja form? of 문선 (“anthology”)
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