文房

Chinese

 
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 house
trad. (文房) 文 房
simp. #(文房) 文 房

Pronunciation

Noun

文房

  1. (formal) study (room)
  2. (archaic) department in charge of official documents and correspondence
  3. (Vietnam) office

Usage notes

In Chinese, the common word for study (as in a room designated for reading or writing) is 書房／书房 (shūfáng); its 雅稱／雅称 (yǎchēng, “elegant name”) is 書齋／书斋 (shūzhāi), or 文房.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
文 房
ぶん
Grade: 1		 ぼう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 文 (bun, “study, reading, writing, literary composition, literature”) +‎ 房 (bō, “room, area”).

Noun

文房 (hiragana ぶんぼう, rōmaji bunbō)

  1. study (room)

Korean

Hanja in this term
文房

Noun

文房 • (munbang) (hangeul 문방)

  1. Hanja form? of 문방 (“study (room)”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
文房

Noun

文房

  1. Hán tự form of văn phòng, “office”
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