also: ぶんげん
Refers to the specific choice of words or phrasing, especially in written documents, contracts, or formal texts.
The lawyer revised the wording of the contract.
Please check the wording of the contract.
The wording of the law is difficult to interpret.
classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
Only with reading ぶんげん
Rare, specialized term for the classical Chinese written language (kanbun). Used only with the reading ぶんげん.
He is good at reading classical Chinese.
The wording of this agreement is ambiguous and hard to understand.
If you interpret it exactly as worded, the meaning changes.
The exact wording of the precautions was clearly stated in the terms of use.
漢文 is the common term for classical Chinese writing, while 文言（ぶんげん）is a rarer, more technical synonym for the same style.
語句 refers to words and phrases as linguistic units, while 文言 focuses on the precise wording chosen for a specific document.
言い回し is a casual, everyday word for a manner of phrasing, whereas 文言 is more formal and typically used for official or written text.
文言 is the everyday word for the wording of a document or statement, while 辞令 in this sense is more formal and mainly survives in fixed compounds.
文言 highlights the exact phrasing or specific wording used, while 文面 refers more broadly to the overall content/text of a document.
文言 refers to the exact wording or phrasing of a text in general, while 条文 specifically means the wording of legal or contractual articles.
warning message; warning label
Standard kanji form for the common reading もんごん.
Rare reading used only for the classical Chinese literary style sense.
From Chinese 文言 (wényán), originally meaning 'literary language' or 'written words'. In Japanese, the reading もんごん developed for the general sense of wording, while ぶんげん is a later borrowing for the classical Chinese style.