書き下し文

Japanese

Kanji in this term
書	下	文
か Grade: 2	くだ Grade: 1	ぶん Grade: 1
kun’yomi		on’yomi

Alternative spelling
書下し文

Etymology

書き下し (kakikudashi) +‎ 文 (bun)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かきくだしぶん [kàkíkúdáshí búń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かきくだし​ぶん [kàkíkúdáshíꜜ bùǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠kʲikɯ̟ᵝda̠ɕi bɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

書(か)き下(くだ)し文(ぶん) • (kakikudashi bun) 

1. Classical Chinese (kanbun) texts read with kun'yomi and the Japanese word order

Synonyms

• 訓(よ)み下(くだ)し文(ぶん) (yomikudashi bun)