善根

Chinese

		good	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (善根)		善	根
simp. #(善根)		善	根

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit कुशलमूल (kuśalamūla, literally “roots of good”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄍㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngen
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴-kên¹
    • Yale: shàn-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanngen
    • Palladius: шаньгэнь (šanʹgɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/

Proper noun

善根

1. (Buddhism) positive meritorious deeds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (善根):

• → Japanese: 善根(ぜんこん) (zenkon)
• → Korean: 선근(善根) (seon'geun)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “善根” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].