佛陀

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (佛陀)		佛	陀

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali buddha or Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fótuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ to⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fu̍t-thò
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hu̍t-tô
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸veq-du; ⁷feq-du

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fótuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fótuó
    • Wade–Giles: Fo²-tʻo²
    • Yale: Fwó-twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fortwo
    • Palladius: Фото (Foto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ to⁴
    • Yale: faht tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² tʰɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fu̍t-thò
    • Hakka Romanization System: fud toˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁶ to²
    • Sinological IPA: /fut̚⁵ tʰo¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hu̍t-tô
    • Tâi-lô: Hu̍t-tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huddooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚⁴⁻³² to²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² to²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ to¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² to²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² tɤ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸veq-du; ⁷feq-du
    • MiniDict: veh^入 du; feh^入 du
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵veq-du; ⁴feq-du
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ¹¹ du²³/, /fəʔ³³ du⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bjut da

Rime
Character	佛	陀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	符弗切	徒河切
Baxter	bjut	da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨut̚/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/biut̚/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/biuət̚/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/but̚/	/da/
Li Rong	/biuət̚/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/bĭuət̚/	/dɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uət̚/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat6	to4

Proper noun

佛陀

1. Buddha
2. Enlightenment

Synonyms

• (short form) 佛 (Fó)
• 浮屠 (Fútú)
• 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛陀):

• → Japanese: 仏(ぶつ)陀(だ) (Butsuda)
• → Korean: 불타(佛陀) (Bulta)
• → Vietnamese: Phật Đà (佛陀)

Further reading

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佛	陀
ぶつ Jinmeiyō	だ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 佛陀 – see the following entry.

【仏陀ぶつだ】 [proper noun] (Buddhism) the Buddha [noun] (Buddhism) a Buddha Alternative spelling ブッダ

(This term, 佛陀, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
佛	陀

Proper noun

佛陀 • (Bulta) (hangeul 불타)

1. Hanja form^? of 불타 (“Buddha”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
佛	陀

Proper noun

佛陀

1. chữ Hán form of Phật Đà (“Buddha”).