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
- A work in a Japanese prosimetric style combining...
Ancestry of “haibun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 俳文 | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 文 | the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 文 | — |