文もん選ぜん読よみ

noun

reading kanbun with on-then-kun pronunciation

A technical term in kanbun studies. Refers to the practice of reading a Chinese character first with its on'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading) and then with its kun'yomi (native Japanese reading), often seen in glosses or annotations. Example: 天地 read as テンチのあめつち.

See also: 漢文

• 漢かん文ぶんの注ちゅう釈しゃくでは、文もん選ぜん読よみが用もちいられることがある。

  In annotations of kanbun, monzen-yomi is sometimes used.

• 「天てん地ち」を「テンチのあめつち」と読よむのは文もん選ぜん読よみの一いち例れいだ。

  Reading 天地 as テンチのあめつち is an example of monzen-yomi.