文科

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	branch of study; administrative section; division branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes, etc.); to fine someone
simp. and trad. (文科)		文	科
anagram		科文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénkē

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ fo¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-kher / bûn-kho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénkē
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnke
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-kʻo¹
  - Yale: wén-kē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenke
  - Palladius: вэнькэ (vɛnʹkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénkēr
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄜㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnker
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-kʻo¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: wén-kēr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenke'l
  - Palladius: вэнькэр (vɛnʹkɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ kʰɤɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: man⁴ fo¹
  - Yale: màhn fō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ fo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ fɔː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    文科
    民科
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-kher
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-kher
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² kʰə³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-kho
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-kho
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunqoy
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² kʰo⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² kʰo⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁴⁴/

Noun

文科

arts; liberal arts; humanities

Synonyms

人文 (rénwén)
文學／文学 (wénxué)

Antonyms

理科 (lǐkē)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文科):

→ Japanese: 文科(ぶんか) (bunka)
→ Korean: 문과(文科) (mun'gwa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	科
ぶん Grade: 1	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

文(ぶん) (bun) + 科(か) (-ka)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶんか [búꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃ŋka̠]

Noun

文(ぶん)科(か) • (bunka) ^{←ぶんくわ (bunkwa)^?}

the liberal arts; the humanities
liberal arts department; humanities department

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ “文科”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
文	科

Noun

文科 • (mun'gwa) (hangeul 문과)

hanja form^? of 문과