文房四宝

文房四宝

See also: 文房四寶

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 文房四宝 – see 文房四寶 (“Four Treasures of the Study”). (This term, 文房四宝, is the simplified form of 文房四寶.)

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

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Japanese

文房四宝 (bunbō shihō): the Four Treasures of the Study.

Kanji in this term
文	房	四	宝
ぶん Grade: 1	ぼう Grade: S	し Grade: 1	ほう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 文房 (bunbō, “study hall”) +‎ 四 (shi, “four”) +‎ 寶 (hō, “treasure”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ぶんぼー​しほー [bùńbóóꜜshìhòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃ᵝmbo̞ːɕiho̞ː]

Noun

文房四宝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 文房四寶, hiragana ぶんぼうしほう, rōmaji bunbōshihō)

1. (idiomatic) four treasures of the study: the brush, ink, paper and inkstone used in Chinese and other East Asian calligraphic traditions

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN