文房四宝

See also: 文房四寶

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 文房四宝 – see 文房四寶 (“Four Treasures of the Study”).
(This term, 文房四宝, is the simplified form of 文房四寶.)
Notes:

Japanese
文房四宝 (bunbō shihō): the Four Treasures of the Study.
Kanji in this term
文 房 四 宝
ぶん
Grade: 1		 ぼう
Grade: S		 し
Grade: 1		 ほう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 文房 (bunbō, “study hall”) +‎ 四 (shi, “four”) +‎ 寶 (hō, “treasure”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

文房四宝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 文房四寶, hiragana ぶんぼうしほう, rōmaji bunbōshihō)

  1. (idiomatic) four treasures of the study: the brush, ink, paper and inkstone used in Chinese and other East Asian calligraphic traditions

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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