漢文

Reading

Kana: かんぶん

Romaji: kanbun

Definitions

noun

1

Chinese classical literature

2

literature written entirely in kanji

Kanji

漢

Reading: カン

Meanings: Sino-, China

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

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

Example Sentence

漢文(かんぶん)の試験(しけん)で満点(まんてん)を取(と)る生徒(せいと)はほとんどいません。

➥Almost no students get full marks in Chinese classics.