読み下し文

Japanese

Kanji in this term
読	下	文
よ Grade: 2	くだ Grade: 1	ぶん Grade: 1
kun'yomi		kan'on

Alternative spellings
讀み下し文 (kyūjitai) 読下し文 読み下文 読下文 訓み下し文 訓下し文 訓み下文 訓下文

Examples
楚(そ)人(ひと)に盾(たて)と矛(ほこ)とを鬻(ひさ)ぐ者(もの)有(あ)り (so hito ni tate to hoko to o hisagu mono ari) (from Classical Chinese 楚人有鬻盾與矛者)

Examples
Yomikudashi-bun of "Gishi wajinden", a chapter of the Records of the Three Kingdoms: [1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よみくだしぶん [yòmíkúdáshíbúń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) よみくだしぶん [yòmíkúdáshíꜜbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞mʲikɯ̟da̠ɕibɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

読(よ)み下(くだ)し文(ぶん) • (yomikudashi-bun) 

1. the result of rendering Classical Chinese text into Japanese using kanbun kundoku

Synonyms

• 書(か)き下(くだ)し文(ぶん) (kakikudashibun)
• 漢(かん)文(ぶん)訓(くん)読(どく)文(ぶん) (kanbunkundokubun)

Related terms

• 読(よ)み下(くだ)す (yomikudasu)