文殊

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (文殊)		文	殊
simp. #(文殊)		文	殊

Short for 文殊師利／文殊师利 (Wénshūshīlì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wénshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ syu⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ùng-sṳ̀
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bûn-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wénshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnshu
    • Wade–Giles: Wên²-shu¹
    • Yale: Wén-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenshu
    • Palladius: Вэньшу (Vɛnʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ syu⁴
    • Yale: màhn syùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ sy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ xu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ syː²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ùng-sṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)ny⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bûn-sû
    • Tâi-lô: Bûn-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunsuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² su¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ su²³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjun dzyu

Rime
Character	文	殊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無分切	市朱切
Baxter	mjun	dzyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/	/d͡ʑɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/	/d͡ʑio/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/	/d͡ʑio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/	/d͡ʑuə̆/
Li Rong	/miuən/	/ʑio/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/	/ʑĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/	/ʑi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén	chú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4	syu4

Proper noun

文殊

1. (Buddhism) Mañjuśrī (bodhisattva associated with prajñā in Mahayana Buddhism)

Etymology 2

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	unique
trad. (文殊)		文	殊
simp. #(文殊)		文	殊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wénshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wénshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnshu
    • Wade–Giles: Wên²-shu¹
    • Yale: Wén-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenshu
    • Palladius: Вэньшу (Vɛnʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/

Proper noun

文殊

1. (～鎮) Wenshu (a town in Jiayuguan, Gansu, China)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	殊
もん Grade: 1	じゅ Grade: S
goon

Etymology

Literary Chinese 文殊 (Wénshū), Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī)

Proper noun

文(もん)殊(じゅ) • (Monju) 

1. Manjushri (bodhisattva of wisdom)

   文(もん)殊(じゅ)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ)

   Monju Bosatsu

   Manjushri Bodhisattva