文殊師利

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (文殊師利)		文殊	師利
simp. (文殊师利)		文殊	师利

Etymology

From Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wénshūshīlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄕ ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wénshūshīlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄕ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnshushihlì
    • Wade–Giles: Wên²-shu¹-shih¹-li⁴
    • Yale: Wén-shū-shr̄-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenshushylih
    • Palladius: Вэньшушили (Vɛnʹšušili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjun dzyu srij lijH

Rime
Character	文	殊	師	利
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	常 (25)	生 (21)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	虞 (24)	脂 (17)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	無分切	市朱切	疏夷切	力至切
Baxter	mjun	dzyu	srij	lijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/	/d͡ʑɨo/	/ʃˠiɪ/	/liɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/	/d͡ʑio/	/ʃᵚi/	/liH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/	/d͡ʑio/	/ʃiɪ/	/ljɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/	/d͡ʑuə̆/	/ʂji/	/liH/
Li Rong	/miuən/	/ʑio/	/ʃji/	/liH/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/	/ʑĭu/	/ʃi/	/liH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/	/ʑi̯u/	/ʂi/	/liH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén	chú	shī	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4	syu4	si1	lei6

Proper noun

文殊師利

1. (Buddhism) Manjushri (bodhisattva associated with prajñā in Mahayana Buddhism)

   Synonym: 文殊 (Wénshū)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文殊師利):

• → Japanese: 文(もん)殊(じゅ)師(し)利(り) (Monjushiri)
• → Korean: 문수사리(文殊師利) (Munsusari)
• → Vietnamese: Văn-thù-sư-lợi (文殊師利)

Further reading

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	殊	師	利
もん Grade: 1	じゅ Grade: S	し Grade: 5	り Grade: 4
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝɕiɾʲi]

Proper noun

文(もん)殊(じゅ)師(し)利(り) • (Monjushiri) 

1. (Buddhism) Manjushri (bodhisattva associated with prajñā in Mahayana Buddhism)

Korean

Hanja in this term
文	殊	師	利

Proper noun

文殊師利 • (Munsusari) (hangeul 문수사리)

1. Hanja form^? of 문수사리 (“Manjushri”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
文	殊	師	利

Proper noun

文殊師利

1. chữ Hán form of Văn-thù-sư-lợi (“Manjushri”).