繁文

Chinese

		complicated; many; in great numbers	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (繁文)		繁	文
simp. ^#(繁文)		繁	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fánwén

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fánwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fánwún
  - Wade–Giles: fan²-wên²
  - Yale: fán-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnwen
  - Palladius: фаньвэнь (fanʹvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ wən³⁵/

Noun

繁文

(literary) overelaborate formalities
(literary) convoluted writing

Derived terms

繁文縟節 / 繁文缛节

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
繁	文
しげ Grade: S	もん Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しげもん [shìgémóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɡe̞mõ̞ɴ]

Noun

繁(しげ)文(もん) • (shigemon) ^{←しげもん (sigemon)^?}

dense pattern
Antonym: 遠文 (tōmon)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
繁	文
はん Grade: S	ぶん Grade: 1
kan'on

Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai) 煩文

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はんぶん [hàńbúń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [hã̠mbɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

繁(はん)文(ぶん) • (hanbun) ^{←はんぶん (fanbun)^?}

complicated decoration; complicated text

Derived terms

繁(はん)文(ぶん)縟(じょく)礼(れい) (hanbun jokurei)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
繁	文
しげ Grade: S	ふみ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しげふみ [shìgéꜜfùmì] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɕiɡe̞ɸɯ̟mʲi]

Proper noun

繁(しげ)文(ふみ) • (Shigefumi)

a male given name

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN