漢詩

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 漢詩(かんし) is a noun for a classical Chinese poem.
• Basic usage: It is the object being read in 漢詩を読む and describes the content on a scroll in 漢詩を書いた掛け軸.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reading
  • The written form is 漢詩, read かんし; the character 詩 signals that it refers to poetry.
• Poem and object
  • 漢詩 names the poem itself, while the 掛け軸 in the example is the object on which it is written.