文章
Chinese
language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle |
chapter; seal; section | ||
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simp. and trad. (文章) |
文 | 章 |
Pronunciation
Noun
文章
- essay; composition; article (in a newspaper, magazine, on the Internet, etc.) (Classifier: 篇)
- 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.]
- From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
- Qīng huáng záróu, wénzhāng làn xī. [Pinyin]
- Dark-green mixed with yellow, splendid is thy pattern.
青黄杂糅,文章烂兮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 遂朱綠之,玄黃之,以為黼黻文章。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 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. [Pinyin]
- They then dyed the thread red and green, azure and yellow, to make the variously coloured figures on robes.
遂朱绿之,玄黄之,以为黼黻文章。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- (essay):
- (literary work):
- 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
Kanji in this term | |
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文 | 章 |
ぶん Grade: 1 |
しょう Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Noun
Derived terms
- 文章家: a writer, an essayist
- 文章語: literary (i.e. written) language
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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
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