Where does “haibun” come from?

haibun (English) comes from Japanese 俳文, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.

haibun (English): A work in a Japanese prosimetric style combining...

Definitions

  1. A work in a Japanese prosimetric style combining...

Ancestry of “haibun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese俳文haibun
2Japanese文the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for...
3Middle Chinese文—
Every word from Middle Chinese 文 →Every word from Japanese 文 →Every word from Japanese 俳文 →