告文

Readings

Kana: こうもん、こくぶん

Romaji: koumon, kokubun

Definition

noun

1

written report to the gods; imperial edict; written appeal to a superior

Kanji

告

Readings: コク、 つ.げる

Meanings: revelation, tell, inform, announce

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)