NichiDict

漢文

かんぶん
[kanbun]

Meanings

1.Noun

Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics

2.Noun

writing composed entirely of kanji

Examples

漢文を現代語に訳すのは難しい。

Translating classical Chinese into modern Japanese is difficult.

この碑文は漢文で書かれていて読みにくい。

This inscription is written in classical Chinese and hard to read.

漢文の授業で読んだ詩が今も心に残っている。

A poem I read in classical Chinese class has stayed with me ever since.