文明
Chinese edit
language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle |
clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty | ||
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simp. and trad. (文明) |
文 | 明 | |
anagram | 明文 |
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
文明
- civilization (Classifier: 個/个 m)
- civilized behaviour; manners
Adjective edit
文明
- civilized
- (dated) modern
- (Classical) having literary talent
- 其德剛健而文明,應乎天而時行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Qí dé gāngjiàn ér wénmíng, yìng hū tiān ér shí xíng. [Pinyin]
- The attributes (of its component trigrams) are strength and vigour with elegance and brightness. (The ruling line in it) responds to (the ruling line in the symbol of) heaven, and (consequently) its action is (all) at the proper times.
其德刚健而文明,应乎天而时行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
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Kanji in this term | |
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文 | 明 |
ぶん Grade: 1 |
めい Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese 文明 (MC mjun mjaeng).
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Proper noun edit
- the Bunmei era, 1469-1487
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Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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文 | 明 |
Noun edit
- Hanja form? of 문명 (“civilization”).
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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文 | 明 |
Adjective edit
文明