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回文
回文
Chinese
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam
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language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
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Noun
回文
Japanese
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| 回 | 文 |
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かい Grade: 2 |
ぶん Grade: 1 |
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Etymology
/kwaibun/ > /kaibun/.
Alternative forms
- 廻文
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaibun/
Noun
回文 (hiragana かいぶん, romaji kaibun, historical hiragana くゎいぶん)
- that which when read from start to end or end to start results in the same phrase; a palindrome. In Japanese, the sound unit is the mora, and voicing constraints are ignored.