noun

  1. lost work, lost writings.
  2. partially lost work, literary fragment, work that survives through quotations.
  3. work of a superior quality.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
逸文 いつぶん
佚文 いつぶん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

deviate, idleness, leisure
そ.れる イツ いっ (Early High School, N1)
excuse, dismissal
メン まぬか.れる まぬが.れる (Late Jr. High, N1)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
device, tool, utensil
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
sentence, literature, style
ブン モン も (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)