文選

Chinese
 
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 
to choose; to pick; to select
to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
trad. (文選) 文 選
simp. (文选) 文 选

Pronunciation

Noun

文選

  1. anthology (collection of literary works)

Proper noun

文選

  1. Wen Xuan (an anthology of Chinese poetry and literature compiled between 520-530 CE by Xiao Tong, the crown prince of Liang)

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (文選):
  • → Japanese: 文選(ぶんせん) (bunsen)
  • → Korean: 문선(文選) (munseon)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
文 選
ぶん
Grade: 1		 せん
Grade: 4
kan’on

文 (“literature; text”) +‎ 選 (“selection; picking”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぶんせん [bùńséń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟̃ᵝɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

文(ぶん)選(せん) • (bunsen) 

  1. (literature) an anthology
  2. (typography) type picking (historically, the picking of movable type for later typesetting)
    Holonym: 組版
    Coordinate term: 植字
    文(ぶん)選(せん)工(こう)
    bunsenkō
    a type picker

Verb

文(ぶん)選(せん)する • (bunsen suru) suru (stem 文(ぶん)選(せん)し (bunsen shi), past 文(ぶん)選(せん)した (bunsen shita))

  1. (typography) to pick type

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
文 選
もん
Grade: 1		 せん > ぜん
Grade: 4
goon

Literary Chinese 文選 (wénxuǎn)

Proper noun

文(もん)選(ぜん) • (Monzen) 

  1. the Selections of Refined Literature

See also
  • 文(もん)選(ぜん)読(よ)み (Monzen'yomi)

Korean
Hanja in this term
文選

Noun

文選 • (munseon) (hangeul 문선)

  1. Hanja form? of 문선 (“anthology”).
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