Chinese edit

phonetic
trad. (迦陵頻伽)
simp. (迦陵频伽)
 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit कलविङ्क (kalaviṅka).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (37) (3) (30)
Final () (96) (133) (43) (96)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () III III III III
Fanqie
Baxter kja ling bjin gja
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɑ/ /lɨŋ/ /biɪn/ /ɡɨɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɑ/ /lɨŋ/ /bin/ /ɡiɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɑ/ /lieŋ/ /bjen/ /ɡiɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨa/ /liŋ/ /bin/ /gɨa/
Li
Rong
/kiɑ/ /liəŋ/ /biĕn/ /ɡiɑ/
Wang
Li
/kǐɑ/ /lĭəŋ/ /bĭĕn/ /ɡǐɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɑ/ /li̯əŋ/ /bʱi̯ĕn/ /gi̯ɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiē líng pín qié
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ge1 ling4 pan4 ke4

Proper noun edit

迦陵頻伽

  1. (Buddhism) kalaviṅka, a mythical human-faced bird

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
りょう
Grade: S
びん
Grade: S

Jinmeiyō
kan’on on’yomi goon kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
迦陵頻伽 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit कलविङ्क (kalaviṅka).

Noun edit

()(りょう)(びん)() (karyōbinga

  1. (Buddhism) kalavinka, fantastic human-faced bird with a beautiful voice
    Synonym: 迦陵頻
  2. (figuarative) a fine voiced artist