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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bówén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bówén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bówún
  - Wade–Giles: po²-wên²
  - Yale: bwó-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borwen
  - Palladius: бовэнь (bovɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ wən³⁵/
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bok³ man⁴
  - Yale: bok màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ mɐn²¹/

Middle Chinese: pak mjun

Rime
Character	博	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	補各切	無分切
Baxter	pak	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pwɑk̚/	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɑk̚/	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑk̚/	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwak̚/	/mun/
Li Rong	/puɑk̚/	/miuən/
Wang Li	/puɑk̚/	/mĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pwɑk̚/	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bok³	man⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤak mə[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*paːɡ mɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	博	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó	wén
Middle Chinese	‹ pak ›	‹ mjun ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁak/	/*mə[n]/
English	broad	ornate
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	博	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3474	13015
Phonetic component	甫	文
Rime group	鐸	文
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	博	文
Old Chinese	/*paːɡ/	/*mɯn/

Etymology 1

		extensive; ample; rich extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (博文)		博	文
simp. ^#(博文)		博	文
anagram		文博

Verb

博文

(literary) to be proficient in classical texts

Noun

博文

(literary) verbose words

Etymology 2

		blog (博客)	writing
trad. (博文)		博	文
simp. ^#(博文)		博	文
anagram		文博

Noun

博文

blogpost

Japanese

Kanji in this term
博	文
ひろ Grade: 4	ふみ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Proper noun

博(ひろ)文(ふみ) or 博文(ひろぶみ) • (Hirofumi or Hirobumi)

a male given name