漢文訓讀

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See also: 漢文訓読

Chinese[edit]

written Chinese, as opposed to other scripts; Classical Chinese or Literary Chinese to semantically match a Chinese character with etymologically unrelated vernacular morphemes and read the character thus; to employ "gloss reading"
trad. (漢文訓讀) 漢文 訓讀
simp. (汉文训读) 汉文 训读

Pronunciation[edit]


Noun[edit]

漢文訓讀

  1. (linguistics) reading Literary Chinese text in the vernacular language by literal translation (mainly practiced in Japan, where it is called kanbun kundoku)

Derived terms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of 漢文訓讀 – see the following entry.
漢文訓読かんぶんくんどく
[noun] (orthography) the Japanese reading of Literary Chinese by a literal translation
(This term, 漢文訓讀, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)