文治

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad. (文治)		文	治

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄓˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-chih⁴
    • Yale: wén-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenjyh
    • Palladius: вэньчжи (vɛnʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Noun

文治

1. (literary) governance by means of culture, education, rites and music

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文治):

• → Japanese: 文(ぶん)治(ち) (bunchi); 文(ぶん)治(じ) (bunji)
• → Korean: 문치(文治) (munchi)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
文	治
ぶん Grade: 1	ち Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)治(ち) • (bunchi) 

1. civil administration

   Antonym: 武断 (budan)

Derived terms

• 文治主義(ぶんちしゅぎ) (bunchishugi)
• 文治政治(ぶんちせいじ) (bunchiseiji)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
文	治
ぶん Grade: 1	じ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)治(じ) • (bunji) 

1. civil administration

Proper noun

文(ぶん)治(じ) • (Bunji) 

1. The Bunji era, 1185-1190

See also

• 元暦(げんりゃく) (Genryaku) (era preceding Bunji)
• 建久(けんきゅう) (Kenkyū) (era following Bunji)