劫貝

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (劫貝)		劫	貝
simp. (劫贝)		劫	贝

Etymology

From Sanskrit कार्पास (kārpāsa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiébèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiébèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiébèi
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-pei⁴
    • Yale: jyé-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyebey
    • Palladius: цзебэй (czebɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kjaep pajH

Rime
Character	劫	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	業 (147)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居怯切	愽蓋切
Baxter	kjaep	pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐp̚/	/pɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐp̚/	/pɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐp̚/	/pɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨap̚/	/pajH/
Li Rong	/kiap̚/	/pɑiH/
Wang Li	/kĭɐp̚/	/pɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐp̚/	/pɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie	bèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gip3	bui3

Noun

劫貝

1. (Buddhism) cotton

   佛告阿難：「聖王葬法，先以香湯洗浴其體，以新劫貝周遍纏身，以五百張疊次如纏之。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   佛告阿难：「圣王葬法，先以香汤洗浴其体，以新劫贝周遍缠身，以五百张叠次如缠之。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 長阿含經

   Fó gào Ānán: “Shèngwáng zàng fǎ, xiān yǐ xiāng tāng xǐyù qí tǐ, yǐ xīn jiébèi zhōubiàn chánshēn, yǐ wǔbǎi zhāng diécì rú chán zhī.” [Pinyin]

   The Buddha told Ananda: "As for the funerary procedure for a sage-king, first use fragrant water to wash his body, then take fresh cotton to wrap his body all over, repeatedly binding [it] five hundred times."