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漢文訓読

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See also: 漢文訓讀

Japanese

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Example

Original Literary Chinese text:

青於藍。 (Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE)
The color blue, obtained from the indigo plant, is nevertheless bluer than the plant itself.
(The original passage is in the subject-verb-object order, as in English)

Kanbun annotation:

青,取之於,而青於藍
(Passage is annotated with kanbun marks to be arranged in the Japanese subject-object-verb order)

Kanbun kundoku:

(あを)(これ)(あゐ)より()(しか)(あゐ)より(あを)
Ao wa, kore o ai yori torite, shikamo ai yori aoshi.
The color blue is obtained from the indigo plant, and yet is bluer than the plant itself.
(Passage can now be read in the Japanese subject-object-verb order)


Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 3
ぶん
Grade: 1
くん
Grade: 4
どく
Grade: 2
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
漢文訓讀 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology

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From 漢文 (kanbun, Literary Chinese) +‎ 訓読 (kundoku, native reading of kanji).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んぶんくんどく [kàńbúń kúńdókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠mbɯ̟ŋ kɯ̟̃ndo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

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(かん)(ぶん)(くん)(どく) (kanbun kundoku

  1. (orthography) the Japanese reading of Literary Chinese by a literal translation
    Synonym: 訓読 (kundoku)

See also

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References

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