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文化

文化

Chinese

 
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 
to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform
simp. and trad.
(文化)

Noun

文化

  1. (countable, uncountable) culture   (Classifier: ; )
    文化體系 / 文化体系   wénhuà tǐxì   cultural system
    中華文化 / 中华文化   zhōnghuá wénhuà   Chinese culture
    公司文化   gōngsī wénhuà   company culture
    不同國家不同文化 [MSC, trad.]
    不同国家不同文化 [MSC, simp.]
    Bùtóng de guójiā yǒu bùtóng de wénhuà. [Pinyin]
    Different countries have different cultures.
  2. (uncountable) education; literacy
  3. (literary, archaic, uncountable) education through teaching morality, literature and music

Usage notes

Like the term "culture" in English, 文化 can refer to both culture in the sense of a society's arts or customs, as well the attitudes and behaviours of a particular group of people, as in a "company culture". 文化 however cannot refer to "culture" in the biological sense; instead the term 培養培养 (péiyǎng) is used.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文化):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぶん
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 文化 (mjun xwæH, the way of educating by using morality, literature and music)

Noun

文化 (hiragana ぶんか, romaji bunka)

  1. culture
    • 1928, 岸田國士, 「語られる言葉」の美:
      これは、国語 (こくご)性格 (せいかく)に、文化 (ぶんか)伝統 (でんとう)国民性 (こくみんせい)特質 (とくしつ)作用 (さよう)するからである。
      Kore wa, kokugo no seikaku ni, bunka no dentō, kokuminsei no tokushitsu ga sayō suru kara de aru.
      The tradition of culture and the traits of the nation function to make the character of the national language.

Derived terms

  • 文化圏 (bunkaken): cultural sphere
  • 文化祭 (bunkasai): culture festival
  • 文化財 (bunkazai): cultural asset
  • 文化史 (bunkashi): cultural history
  • 文化省 (bunkashō): Ministry of Culture
  • 文化人 (bunkajin): person of culture
  • 文化庁 (bunkachō): Agency for Cultural Affairs
  • 文化の日 (bunka no hi): Culture Day Holiday
  • 文化的な (bunkateki na): cultural
  • 文化遺産 (bunka isan): cultural heritage
  • 文化映画 (bunka eiga): cultural film
  • 文化勲章 (bunka kunshō): Order of Culture
  • 文化交流 (bunka kōryū): cultural exchange
  • 文化国家 (bunka kokka): country with a high level of culture
  • 文化施設 (bunka shisetsu): cultural facility
  • 文化観光省 (bunka-kankōshō): Minister for Culture and Tourism
  • 文化功労者 (bunka kōrōsha): person who has made outstanding cultural contributions
  • 文化事業部 (bunka jigyōbu): Cultural Affairs Department
  • 文化心理学 (bunka shinrigaku): cultural psychology
  • 文化人類学 (bunka jinruigaku): cultural anthropology
  • 文化大革命 (bunka-daikakumei): Cultural Revolution
  • 文化地理学 (bunka chirigaku): cultural geography
  • 文化財保護法 (bunkazai-hogohō): Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties
  • 文化圏固有動作 (bunkaken koyū dōsa): (computing) locale-specific behavior
  • 異文化 (ibunka): foreign culture
  • 食文化 (shokubunka): food culture
  • 明文化 (meibunka): stipulate
  • 多文化主義 (tabunka-shugi): multiculturalism
  • 映像文化 (eizō bunka): visual culture
  • 漢字文化 (kanji bunka): kanji culture
  • 大衆文化 (taishū bunka): mass culture, pop culture
  • 伝統文化 (dentō bunka): traditional culture
  • 比較文化 (hikaku bunka): comparative culture
  • イスラム文化 (isuramu bunka): Islamic culture
  • 漢字文化圏 (kanji bunkaken): countries which use Chinese characters
  • 重要文化財 (jūyō bunkasai): important cultural property
  • 無形文化財 (mukei bunkazai): intangible cultural asset
  • 有形文化財 (yūkei bunkazai): tangible cultural properties
  • 多元文化論 (tagen-bunkaron): multiculturalism
  • 芸術文化の破壊 (geijutsu bunka no hakai): vandalism
  • 消費者文化 (shōhisha bunka): consumer culture
  • 重要無形文化財 (jūyō mukei bunka): important intangible cultural asset

Descendants


Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

文化 (munhwa) (hangeul 문화)

  1. Hanja form? of 문화, “culture”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

文化

  1. Hán tự form of văn hóa, “culture