古文書 (こもんじょ) — historical document, archives, old manuscript

Meanings

• historical document
• archives
• old manuscript
• paleograph
• pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular (paleography term)

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

• こ 古 old
• もん 文 sentence
• じょ 書 write

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