佛剎

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (佛剎)		佛	剎
simp. (佛刹)		佛	刹

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्धक्षेत्र (buddhakṣetra), from बुद्ध (buddha, “Buddha”) + क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “land”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fóchà

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄔㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fóchà
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄔㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóchà
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-chʻa⁴
    • Yale: fwó-chà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forchah
    • Palladius: фоча (foča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjut tsrhaet

Rime
Character	佛	剎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	黠 (71)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	符弗切	初鎋切
Baxter	bjut	tsrhaet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨut̚/	/t͡ʃʰˠat̚/
Pan Wuyun	/biut̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚat̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biuət̚/	/t͡ʃʰɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/but̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨt̚/
Li Rong	/biuət̚/	/t͡ʃʰat̚/
Wang Li	/bĭuət̚/	/t͡ʃʰat̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uət̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰăt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	cha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat6	caat3

Noun

佛剎

1. (Buddhism) the abode/realm of a Buddha.
2. (Buddhism) a Buddhist temple.