袈裟

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (袈裟)		袈	裟
alternative forms		毠㲚 𣮫㲚 𧛣裟 迦沙

袈裟

Etymology

From Sanskrit काषाय (kāṣāya, “brownish red; brown-red cloth or garment”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ saa¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): ga¹ sa
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-sâ
• Eastern Min (BUC): gă-să
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ka-se / kee-see

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gê¹ sê¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ka-so

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiasha
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-sha¹
    • Yale: jyā-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiasha
    • Palladius: цзяша (czjaša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 加沙 袈裟

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ saa¹
    • Yale: gā sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 加沙 袈裟

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ga¹ sa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁴² sa²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-sâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga´ sa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ sa²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gă-să
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁵ ^(s-)la⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-se
    • Tâi-lô: ka-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kasef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ se³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-see
    • Tâi-lô: kee-see
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gê¹ sê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ke se
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke³³⁻²³ se³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹ka-so
    • MiniDict: ka^平 so
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ka-so
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka⁵⁵ so²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kae srae

Rime
Character	袈	裟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古牙切	所加切
Baxter	kae	srae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/	/ʃˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/	/ʃᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/	/ʃa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/	/ʂaɨ/
Li Rong	/ka/	/ʃa/
Wang Li	/ka/	/ʃa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ka/	/ʂa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	shā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa1	saa1

Noun

袈裟

1. (Buddhism) kasaya (the robes of fully ordained Buddhist monks and nuns)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 袈裟 (“kasaya”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		袈裟, 福田衣, 水田衣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		袈裟, 百衲衣
Mandarin	Taiwan	袈裟
	Luoyang	袈裟
	Singapore	袈裟
Cantonese	Hong Kong	袈裟
Gan	Nanchang	袈裟
Hakka	Yudu	袈裟
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	袈裟
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	袈裟
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	袈裟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	袈裟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	袈裟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	袈裟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	袈裟
Southern Min	Xiamen	八寶衫, 百補衫
	Quanzhou	八寶衫
	Zhangzhou	八寶衫, 百布衣
Wu	Suzhou	袈裟

Derived terms

• 佛袈裟

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (袈裟):

• → Japanese: 袈裟(けさ) (kesa)
• → Korean: 가사(袈裟) (gasa)
• → Vietnamese: cà-sa (袈裟)

Others:

• → Zhuang: gyahsah

Further reading

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
袈	裟
け Jinmeiyō	さ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 袈裟 (jiāshā).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けさ​ [kèsáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) けさ [kèsá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞sa̠]

Noun

袈(け)裟(さ) • (kesa) 

1. a kāṣāya

Derived terms

• 大(おお)袈(げ)裟(さ) (ōgesa)
• 坊(ぼう)主(ず)憎(にく)けりゃ袈裟(けさ)まで憎(にく)い (bōzu nikukerya kesa made nikui)

Korean

Hanja in this term
袈	裟

Noun

袈裟 • (gasa or McCune-Reischauer: kasa or Yale: kasa) (hangeul 가사)

1. Hanja form^? of 가사 (“kāṣāya”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
袈	裟

Noun

袈裟

1. chữ Hán form of cà-sa (“kāṣāya”).