白文

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (白文)		白	文
anagram		文白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiwún
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-wên²
    • Yale: bái-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairwen
    • Palladius: байвэнь (bajvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ man⁴
    • Yale: baahk màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² mɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: baek mjun

Rime
Character	白	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (113)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	無分切
Baxter	baek	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/mun/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/miuən/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/mĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	man4

Noun

白文

1. text of an annotated book
2. unannotated edition of a book
3. intagliated characters (on a seal)
4. (historical) Bowen (script adapted from Hanzi for the Bai languages)

   Synonyms: 僰文 (bówén), 方塊白文／方块白文 (fāngkuài báiwén), 古白文 (gǔbáiwén)

5. (Korean Classical Chinese) unapproved document

   • 將限後白文，與私-婢重斤，爭家-舍，其推鞫以啓。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1479

     Jang han hu baengmun, yeo sabi Junggeun, jaeng gaseo, gi chuguk i gye. [Sino-Korean]

     He took an unapproved document that had expired and fought with Junggeun, a private slave-girl, over [the ownership of] her residence. Have this investigated, and report back.

Derived terms

• 古白文 (gǔbáiwén)
• 方塊白文／方块白文 (fāngkuài báiwén)
• 白文印

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白文):

• → Japanese: 白文(はくぶん) (hakubun)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	文
はく Grade: 1	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくぶん [hàkúbúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

白(はく)文(ぶん) • (hakubun) 

1. unannotated Classical Chinese text, as opposed to Classical Chinese text annotated with kunten reading aids to read it as Japanese, or the Japanese reading of a Classical Chinese text

   Example: 楚人有鬻盾與矛者, as opposed to 楚人有_下鬻_二盾與_一レ矛者_上 or 楚(そ)人(ひと)に盾(たて)と矛(ほこ)とを鬻(ひさ)ぐ者(もの)有(あ)り (sohito ni tate to hoko to o hisagu mono ari).