文房

Chinese
 
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 house
trad. (文房) 文 房
simp. #(文房) 文 房

Pronunciation

Noun

文房

  1. (formal) study (room)
  2. (archaic) department in charge of official documents and correspondence
  3. (Vietnam) office

Usage notes

In Chinese, the common word for study (as in a room designated for reading or writing) is 書房／书房 (shūfáng); its 雅稱／雅称 (yǎchēng, “elegant name”) is 書齋／书斋 (shūzhāi), or 文房 (wénfáng).

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Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
文 房
ぶん
Grade: 1		 ぼう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

/bunbau/ → /bunbɔː/ → /bunboː/

From Middle Chinese 文房 (MC mɨun bʉɐŋ, literally “literature, studies, writing + room, area”). Uses the kan'on reading for the first character, so possibly a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

文房 (hiragana ぶんぼう, rōmaji bunbō, historical hiragana ぶんばう)

  1. a study, an office
    Synonym: 書斎 (shosai)

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
文房

Noun

文房 • (munbang) (hangeul 문방)

  1. Hanja form? of 문방 (“study (room)”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
文房

Noun

文房

  1. Hán tự form of văn phòng (“office”).
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