成文

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (成文)		成	文
anagram		文成

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngwén

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ man⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngwún
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-wên²
  - Yale: chéng-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngwen
  - Palladius: чэнвэнь (čɛnvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ man⁴
  - Yale: sìhng màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengbuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ bun²³/

Middle Chinese: dzyeng mjun

Rime
Character	成	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是征切	無分切
Baxter	dzyeng	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋ/	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋ/	/mun/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋ/	/miuən/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋ/	/mĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing⁴	man⁴

Adjective

成文

in written form
statutory

Noun

成文

written material

Verb

成文

to put in writing

Derived terms

不成文 (bùchéngwén)
不成文法 (bùchéngwénfǎ)
成文化 (chéngwénhuà)
成文憲法 / 成文宪法
成文法 (chéngwénfǎ)
走筆成文 / 走笔成文

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
成	文
せい Grade: 4	ぶん Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 成文 (dzyeng mjun, literally “to complete + writing”). Kan'on reading, so probably a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーぶん [sèébúń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːbɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

成(せい)文(ぶん) • (seibun)

written material, writing

Derived terms

成文化(せいぶんか) (seibunka): codification, putting something into writing; to codify, to put into writing
成文憲法(せいぶんけんぽう) (seibun kenpō): a written constitution
成文法(せいぶんほう) (seibunhō): a written law
成文律(せいぶんりつ) (seibunritsu): a written law

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
成	文
なり Grade: 4	ふみ > ぶみ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 成り (nari, “becoming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 成る naru “to become”) +‎ 文 (fumi, “writing, document”).^[2] The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [na̠ɾʲibɯ̟mʲi]

Noun

成(なり)文(ぶみ) • (naribumi)

(obsolete) starting from the Heian period, an epithet for a person who was assigned to the desired public office, as indicated on his application for office

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
成	文

Noun

成文 • (seongmun) (hangeul 성문)

hanja form^? of 성문) (“written material, writing”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-2] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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