# 成文
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chéngwén
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^4$ man$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-bûn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chéngwén
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chéngwún
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^2$-wên$^2$
*** Yale: chéng-wén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngwen
*** Palladius: чэнвэнь (čɛnvɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$呈文 成文
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^4$ man$^4$
*** Yale: sìhng màhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^4$ man$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^4$ men$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-bûn
*** Tâi-lô: sîng-bûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sengbuun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ bun²³/
* Middle Chinese: dzyeng mjun
Rime :
| Character | 成 | 文 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 是征切 | 無分切 |
| Baxter | dzyeng | mjun |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑiᴇŋ/ | /mɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiɛŋ/ | /miun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑiæŋ/ | /miuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑiajŋ/ | /mun/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiɛŋ/ | /miuən/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭɛŋ/ | /mĭuən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯ɛŋ/ | /mi̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chéng | wén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sing$^4$ | man$^4$ |

### Adjective

成文
* in written form
* statutory

### Noun

成文
* written material

### Verb

成文
* to put in writing

#### Derived terms

* 不成文 (bùchéngwén)
* 不成文法 (bùchéngwénfǎ)
* 成文化 (chéngwénhuà)
* 成文憲法 / 成文宪法
* 成文法 (chéngwénfǎ)
* 走筆成文 / 走笔成文

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 成 | 文 |
| せい Grade: 4 | ぶん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
From Middle Chinese compound 成文 (dzyeng mjun, literally “to complete + writing”). Kan'on reading, so probably a later borrowing.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せーぶん [sèébúń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [se̞ːbɯ̟̃ɴ]

#### Noun

成(せい)文(ぶん) • (seibun)
* written material, writing

##### Derived terms

* 成文化(せいぶんか) (seibunka): codification, putting something into writing; to codify, to put into writing
* 成文憲法(せいぶんけんぽう) (seibun kenpō): a written constitution
* 成文法(せいぶんほう) (seibunhō): a written law
* 成文律(せいぶんりつ) (seibunritsu): a written law

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 成 | 文 |
| なり Grade: 4 | ふみ > ぶみ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 成り (nari, “becoming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 成る naru “to become”) +‎ 文 (fumi, “writing, document”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [na̠ɾʲibɯ̟mʲi]

#### Noun

成(なり)文(ぶみ) • (naribumi)
* (obsolete) starting from the Heian period, an epithet for a person who was assigned to the desired public office, as indicated on his application for office

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 成 | 文 |

### Noun

成文 • (seongmun) (hangeul 성문)
* hanja form of 성문) (“written material, writing”)