成文
Chinese edit
finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth |
language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle | ||
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simp. and trad. (成文) |
成 | 文 | |
anagram | 文成 |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
成文
Noun edit
成文
Verb edit
成文
- to put in writing
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Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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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.
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Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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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”).[2] The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (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
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Korean edit
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成 | 文 |