公用文

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 2
ぶん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 公用(こうよう) (kōyō) + (ぶん) (bun).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーよーぶん [kòóyóóbúń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ーよーぶん [kòóyóꜜòbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːjo̞ːbɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

(こう)(よう)(ぶん) • (kōyōbunこうようぶん (kouyoubun)?

  1. formal (governmental, legal, etc.) writing

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN