和文
わぶん · wabun · JLPT N1 · noun
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和 = harmony/Japan + 文 = writing/text: Japanese writing, a sentence in Japanese
和 (wa) originally named Japan itself, and 文 (bun) means writing or text. Put together they mean Japanese text, and the same pair is the root of 和文 as a term for Japanese-language writing.
和 — grain 禾 (phonetic) + mouth 口
和 is a phono-semantic compound: 禾 (grain) gives the sound and 口 (mouth) hints at meaning, originally suggesting voices joining in agreement or song. From this it came to mean harmony, peace, and 'together with'. In Japanese it also became the native word for Japan itself.
文 — pictograph of crossed lines on a chest
文 originally depicted a person with patterns or tattoos drawn on the chest, shown as crossed or interwoven lines. From this image of decorative markings, it came to mean 'pattern,' then 'writing,' 'script,' and 'literature' or 'culture.' The modern senses all trace back to the idea of meaningful marks.