真言

See also: 眞言

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (真言/眞言)		真/眞	言
simp. (真言)		真	言

Etymology

The religious sense is a translation of Sanskrit धारणी (dhāraṇī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ jin⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsen-yi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenyán
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-yen²
    • Yale: jēn-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenyan
    • Palladius: чжэньянь (čžɛnʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: jān yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen-yi
    • MiniDict: tsen^平 yi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-hhi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ ɦi²¹/

Noun

真言

1. true words; truthful words
2. (religion) incantation

Derived terms

• 真言十心
• 真言宗
• 道德真言
• 酒後吐真言／酒后吐真言 (jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēnyán)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (真言):

• → Japanese: 真言(しんごん) (shingon)
• → Korean: 진언(眞言) (jineon)
• → Vietnamese: chân ngôn (真言)

Further reading

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

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
真	言
しん Grade: 3	ごん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
眞言 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 真言 (MC tsyin ngjon), itself a translation of Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra, “mantra”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんごん [shìńgóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡõ̞ɴ]

Noun

真(しん)言(ごん) • (shingon) 

1. (Buddhism) a mantra, incantation

   Synonyms: 呪 (ju), 神呪 (shinju), マントラ (mantora), 密呪 (mitsuju)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 真言(しんごん)師(し) (shingon-shi)
• 真言(しんごん)宗(しゅう) (Shingon-shū)
• 真言(しんごん)秘密(ひみつ) (shingon himitsu)
• 真言(しんごん)陀羅尼(だらに) (shingon-darani)
• 真言(しんごん)両部(りょうぶ) (shingon ryōbu)
• 光明(こうみょう)真言(しんごん) (Kōmyō Shingon, “Mantra of Light”)
• 六(ろく)字(じ)真言(しんごん) (Rokuji-shingon)

See also

• 陀羅尼(だらに) (darani, “dhāraṇī”)

Proper noun

真(しん)言(ごん) • (Shingon) 

1. (Buddhism) Short for 真言宗 (Shingon-shū): the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 真言(しんごん)院(いん) (Shingon-in)
• 真言(しんごん)止観(しかん) (Shingon-Shikan)
• 真言(しんごん)七(しち)祖(そ) (Shingon Shichiso)
• 真言(しんごん)神道(しんとう) (Shingon-shintō)
• 真言(しんごん)八祖(はっそ) (Shingon Hasso)
• 真言(しんごん)律宗(りっしゅう) (Shingon-risshū)
• 真言(しんごん)妙典(みょうてん) (Shingon-myōten)
• 真言(しんごん)三部(さんぶ)経(きょう) (Shingon Sanbu-kyō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
真	言
ま Grade: 3	こと Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
眞言 (kyūjitai)

Literally "true words".

Proper noun

真(ま)言(こと) • (Makoto) 

1. a female given name

See also

• 真(ま)事(こと)問(と)ふ, 真(ま)言(こと)問(と)ふ (makoto-tou)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
真	言

Noun

真言

1. chữ Hán form of chân ngôn (“mantra”).