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碑文学 (ひぶんがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

碑ひ文ぶん学がく

Meanings

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noun

Academic field studying inscriptions on stone, metal, or other durable materials.

碑ひ文ぶん学がくは古こ代だいの石せき碑ひに刻きざまれた文も字じを研けん究きゅうする学がく問もんです。
Epigraphy is the study of characters carved into ancient stone monuments.

Kanji

碑tombstone, monument
文sentence, literature, style
学study, learning, science

Etymology

Compound of 碑 (stone monument) + 文学 (literature, study of written works). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern academic coinage.