日文

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ man^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngit-vùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-bûn / ji̍t-bûn
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸zeq-ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhwún
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-wên²
    • Yale: r̀-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhwen
    • Palladius: живэнь (živɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ man^4-2
    • Yale: yaht mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngit-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngid` vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngid⁵ vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋit̚² vun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidbuun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidbuun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² bun²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bun¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq-ven
    • MiniDict: zeh^入 ven
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ vən²³/

Etymology 1

		Japan	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (日文)		日	文

Noun

日文

1. Japanese language (especially written)

Usage notes

• 日文 (rìwén) is more commonly used in written contexts, whilst 日語／日语 (rìyǔ) is more common in spoken contexts. Like Nihongo in English, 日本語／日本语 (rìběnyǔ) is usually restricted to linguistic and language learning contexts.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 日語 (“Japanese language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		日語, 日文, 日本語
Mandarin	Taiwan	日文, 日語, 日本話
	Singapore	日文, 日語
Cantonese	Hong Kong	日文, 㗎文, 㗎話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	日本話
Southern Min	Xiamen	日語
	Quanzhou	日語
	Zhangzhou	日語
	Tainan	日語, 日文
	Penang (Hokkien)	日本話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	日本話
Wu	Shanghai	日文, 日本閒話

Etymology 2

		Spain (short for 日斯巴尼亞)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (日文)		日	文

Noun

日文

1. (obsolete) Spanish language

   • 南美各國多用日文而日國與之並無通商條約 [MSC, trad.]
     南美各国多用日文而日国与之并无通商条约 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 外交公報, 1921

     Nánměi gèguó duō yòng rìwén ér Rìguó yǔ zhī bìng wú tōngshāng tiáoyuē [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 西班牙語／西班牙语 (xībānyáyǔ)
• 西班牙文 (xībānyáwén)
• 西語／西语 (xīyǔ)
• 西文 (xīwén)
• 西班牙話／西班牙话 (xībānyáhuà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	文
にち Grade: 1	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟it͡ɕibɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

日(にち)文(ぶん) • (nichibun) 

1. Japanese script; Japanese writing; written Japanese

Korean

Hanja in this term
日	文

Noun

日文 • (ilmun) (hangeul 일문)

1. Hanja form^? of 일문 (“Japanese script; Japanese writing; written Japanese”).