文献

See also: 文獻

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 文献 – see 文獻 (“literature; research material; document; data; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 文獻).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	献
ぶん Grade: 1	けん Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
文獻 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶんけん [bùńkéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃ŋkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

文(ぶん)献(けん) • (bunken) ^{←ぶんけん (bunken)?}

1. literature
2. research materials, documents

Derived terms

• 文(ぶん)献(けん)学(がく) (bunkengaku)
• 参(さん)考(こう)文(ぶん)献(けん) (sankō bunken)

References

1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN