文武

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	martial; military
simp. and trad. (文武)		文	武

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wénwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄨˇ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вынву (vɨnvu, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ mou⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vùn-vú

(Hailu, HRS): vun vu^ˊ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bûn-bú

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵ bhu²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ven-vu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnwǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-wu³
  - Yale: wén-wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenwuu
  - Palladius: вэньу (vɛnʹu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вынву (vɨnvu, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vəŋ²⁴ vou⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ mou⁵
  - Yale: màhn móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ mou̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-vú
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ vu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vun² vu³
  - Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ vu³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun vu^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /vun⁵⁵ vu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-bú
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunbuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhung⁵ bhu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng bú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bu⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ven-vu
  - MiniDict: ven^去 vu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven-vu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²² vu⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: mjun mjuX

Rime
Character	文	武
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無分切	文甫切
Baxter	mjun	mjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/	/mɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/	/mio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/	/mio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/	/muə̆^X/
Li Rong	/miuən/	/mio^X/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/	/mĭu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/	/mi̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man⁴	mou⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə[n] m(r)aʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mɯn maʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	文	武
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wén	wǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ mjun ›	‹ mju^X ›
Old Chinese	/*mə[n]/	/*m(r)aʔ/
English	ornate	military
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	文	武
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13015	13184
Phonetic component	文	武
Rime group	文	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	文	武
Old Chinese	/*mɯn/	/*maʔ/

Noun

文武

literary and military arts

Proper noun

文武

King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou

Related terms

文王 (Wénwáng)
武王 (Wǔwáng)

Derived terms

才兼文武
文武之道
文武之道，一張一弛 / 文武之道，一张一弛
文武全才
文武兼備 / 文武兼备
文武兼濟 / 文武兼济
文武兼資 / 文武兼资
文武場 / 文武场
文武挑兒 / 文武挑儿
文武火
文武百官 (wénwǔbǎiguān)
文武雙全 / 文武双全 (wénwǔshuāngquán)
滿朝文武 / 满朝文武

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文武):

→ Japanese: 文武(ぶんぶ) (bunbu)
→ Korean: 문무(文武) (munmu)
→ Vietnamese: văn vũ (文武)