文曲

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
simp. and trad. (文曲)		文	曲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénqǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénqǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúncyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-chʻü³
    • Yale: wén-chyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wencheu
    • Palladius: вэньцюй (vɛnʹcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: mjun khjowk

Rime
Character	文	曲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	鍾 (8)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無分切	丘玉切
Baxter	mjun	khjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/	/kʰɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/	/kʰiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/	/kʰiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/	/kʰuawk̚/
Li Rong	/miuən/	/kʰiok̚/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/	/kʰĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/	/kʰi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén	qu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4	huk1

Noun

文曲

1. (Classical) literary work; writing; text
2. (Classical) wenqu (name of a star)
3. (Classical) musical composition

Synonyms

• (literary work):

• 冊／册 (cè) (as a classifier, or Classical Chinese)
• 冊子／册子 (cèzi)
• 卷 (juàn)
• 圖書／图书 (túshū) (as a collective term)
• 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
• 文章 (wénzhāng)
• 書／书 (shū)
• 書冊／书册 (shūcè) (dated or Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien)
• 書卷／书卷 (shūjuàn)
• 書本／书本 (shūběn) (as a collective term)
• 書籍／书籍 (shūjí) (as a collective term)
• 本 (běn) (as a classifier)
• 本子 (běnzi)
• 本本 (běnběn) (informal, diminutive)
• 版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
• 簿 (bù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 簿仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 籍 (jí) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 經籍／经籍 (jīngjí)
• 著 (zhù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 著作 (zhùzuò)
• 藝文／艺文 (yìwén)

 

See also

• 文曲星 (wénqǔxīng)