# 漢文
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Hànwén
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hon$^3$ man$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hàn-bûn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Hànwén
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Hànwún
*** Wade–Giles: Han$^4$-wên$^2$
*** Yale: Hàn-wén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hannwen
*** Palladius: Ханьвэнь (Xanʹvɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xän⁵¹ wən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^3$ man$^4$
*** Yale: hon màhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^3$ man$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^3$ men$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn³³ mɐn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàn-bûn
*** Tâi-lô: hàn-bûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: harnbuun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /han²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²¹⁻⁵³ bun¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /han¹¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²¹⁻⁴¹ bun²³/

### Noun

漢文
* written Chinese, as opposed to other scripts
    From: c. 1796, various editors, Annals of the Eight Banners (《欽定八旗通志》)
    Dìng mǎnzhōu, měnggǔ kǎoshì, néng tōng hànwén zhě, fān hànwén yīpiān, wèi néng hànwén zhě, zuò qīngzìwén yīpiān. [Pinyin]
    As for the examinations held in Manchuria and Mongolia, those who are trained to read and write Chinese are required to translate an article in Chinese, while those who don't comprehend that are required to compose a piece in Manchu script.
* Classical Chinese or Literary Chinese
* Chinese literature, especially that of the Han Dynasty
    From: c. 13th century, various editors, A Collection of Conversations of Master Zhu (《朱子語類·卷一三九》)
    Hánwén lìliàng bùrú hànwén, hànwén bùrú xiānqín, zhànguó. [Pinyin]
    The literary strength of Han Yu's prose is not as powerful as that of the writings from the Han Dynasty, and the writings from the Han Dynasty are not as profound as those from the pre-Qin and Warring States periods.
* Short for 漢文帝／汉文帝 (“Emperor Wen of Han”).
    From: c. 773, Liu Changqing (劉長卿),《長沙過賈誼宅》
    Hànwén yǒudào ēn yóu bó, xiāngshuǐ wúqíng diào qǐ zhī. [Pinyin]
    The Han Wen Emperor has wisdom, yet his mercy is slight; the waters of the Xiang are pitiless — if one paid homage who would know?

#### Synonyms

* (written Chinese):
* 中國話／中国话 (Zhōngguóhuà)
* 中國語／中国语 (Zhōngguóyǔ) (rare)
* 中文 (Zhōngwén)
* 漢語／汉语 (hànyǔ) (usually spoken Chinese)
* 華文／华文 (Huáwén)
* 華語文／华语文 (huáyǔwén) (both spoken and written)
* (Emperor Wen of Han): 文帝 (Wén Dì)

#### Derived terms

* 漢文字／汉文字

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 漢文(かんぶん) (kanbun)
* → Korean: 한문(漢文) (hanmun)
* → Vietnamese: Hán văn (漢文)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 漢 | 文 |
| かん Grade: 3 | ぶん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 漢文 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かんぶん [kàńbúń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kã̠mbɯ̟̃ɴ]

### Noun

漢(かん)文(ぶん) • (kanbun)
* Literary Chinese; Classical Chinese

#### Derived terms

* 漢文訓読(かんぶんくんどく) (kanbun kundoku): annotating Literary Chinese so that it can be read using Japanese grammatical structure
* 変体漢文(へんたいかんぶん) (hentai kanbun): Literary Chinese with heavy Japanese-language influence

### References

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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 漢 | 文 |

### Noun

漢文 • (hanmun) (hangeul 한문)
* hanja form of 한문 (“Classical Chinese literature”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 漢 | 文 |

### Noun

漢文
* chữ Hán form of Hán văn (“Classical Chinese”).