文科

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	branch of study; administrative section; division branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes, etc.); to fine somebody
simp. and trad. (文科)		文	科
anagram		科文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénkē

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ fo¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-kher / bûn-kho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénkē
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnke
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-kʻo¹
    • Yale: wén-kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenke
    • Palladius: вэнькэ (vɛnʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénkēr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄜㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnker
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-kʻo¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: wén-kēr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenke'l
    • Palladius: вэнькэр (vɛnʹkɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ kʰɤɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁴ fo¹
    • Yale: màhn fō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ fo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ fɔː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 文科 民科

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-kher
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-kher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² kʰə³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-kho
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-kho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunqoy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁴⁴/

Noun

文科

1. arts; liberal arts; humanities

Synonyms

• 人文 (rénwén)
• 文學／文学 (wénxué)

Antonyms

• 理科 (lǐkē)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文科):

• → Japanese: 文科(ぶんか) (bunka)
• → Korean: 문과(文科) (mun'gwa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	科
ぶん Grade: 1	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

文 (bun) +‎ 科 (-ka)

Noun

文(ぶん)科(か) • (bunka) 

1. the liberal arts; the humanities
2. liberal arts department; humanities department