漢かん文ぶん訓くん読どく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

reading classical Chinese as Japanese; Japanese reading of classical Chinese

A method of reading classical Chinese texts by adding Japanese grammatical markers and reordering words to fit Japanese syntax. Often used in the context of traditional education and classical studies.

See also: 漢文 (かんぶん)

• 漢かん文ぶん訓くん読どくの授じゅ業ぎょうでは、返かえり点てんを使つかって中ちゅう国ごくの古こ典てんを読よむ。

  In classical Chinese reading class, we read Chinese classics using kaeriten marks.

• 彼かれは漢かん文ぶん訓くん読どくに長たけている。

  He is skilled at reading classical Chinese in the Japanese way.