かんぶん

[漢文] classical Chinese (writing).

¶→漢文学

漢文
Chinese (classical) literature

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かんぶん【漢文】

classical Chinese (writing).

¶ → 漢文学

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かんぶん【漢文】

〔中国式に漢字だけで書いた文〕 (a piece of) writing that is done all in Chinese characters; 〔古代中国の文学〕 the Chinese classics; Chinese classical literature.

●漢文で書いてある日記 a diary (written) in (classical) Chinese.

●漢文を訓読する read a Chinese passage in Japanese; give a (classical) Chinese text its Japanese reading.

漢文訓読 〔漢文を日本語式に読むこと〕 a Japanese reading of a Chinese passage.