帝釋天

Chinese

		emperor	phonetic	day; sky; heaven
trad. (帝釋天)		帝	釋	天
simp. (帝释天)		帝	释	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dìshìtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dìshìtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dìshìhtian
    • Wade–Giles: Ti⁴-shih⁴-tʻien¹
    • Yale: Dì-shr̀-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dihshyhtian
    • Palladius: Дишитянь (Dišitjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tejH syek then

Rime
Character	帝	釋	天
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	書 (26)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	清 (123)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	IV
Fanqie	都計切	施隻切	他前切
Baxter	tejH	syek	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teiH/	/ɕiᴇk̚/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/teiH/	/ɕiɛk̚/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛiH/	/ɕiæk̚/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjH/	/ɕiajk̚/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/teiH/	/ɕiɛk̚/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/tieiH/	/ɕĭɛk̚/	/tʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/tieiH/	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	shi	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai3	sik1	tin1

Proper noun

帝釋天

1. (Buddhism) Sakra

   Synonyms: 釋提桓因／释提桓因 (Shìtíhuányīn), 因陀羅／因陀罗 (Yīntuóluó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (帝釋天):

• → Japanese: 帝釈天(たいしゃくてん) (Taishakuten)
• → Korean: 제석천(帝釋天) (Jeseokcheon)
• → Vietnamese: Đế Thích Thiên (帝釋天)