U+68B5, 梵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68B5

[U+68B4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+68B6]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 75, +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹弓戈 (DDHNI), four-corner 44217, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14888
  • Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1210, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+68B5

Chinese edit

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Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *bloms, *bum): semantic (forest) + phonetic (OC *bom) – lush. Originally a variant form of (OC *boːŋ, *bum).

Etymology edit

As a word for transcribing Indic languages, the reading (MC bjomH) probably derives from Gandhari and transcribes the syllables such as bram̄(a), bra(m)m-, etc. (Bailey, 1946) in words like 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨸 (bram̄a, Brahma), 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa, a brahmin), and it appears in the classical Chinese lexicon in 梵天 (“Brahma, name of a deity”), 梵志 (“a person dedicated to religion”), 梵行 (“good, pure conduct”), etc. The sense for "Sanskrit" originally refers to its status as a religious language. In modern usage, it is also used to translate various terms in Hinduism, such as Brahman.

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (2) (146)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjuwng bjomH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨuŋ/ /bɨɐmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/biuŋ/ /biɐmH/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuŋ/ /biɐmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buwŋ/ /buamH/
Li
Rong
/biuŋ/ /biɐmH/
Wang
Li
/bĭuŋ/ /bĭwɐmH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯uŋ/ /bʱi̯wɐmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
féng fàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fung4 faan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2
No. 2932 2918
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bum/ /*bloms/
Notes

Definitions edit

  1. lush; luxuriant
  2. (Hinduism) Brahman; the ultimate reality in the universe (concept in Hinduism)
  3. (figurative) quiet; peaceful; undisturbed
  4. of or pertaining to Buddhism; Buddhist
  5. of or pertaining to ancient India or the Sanskrit language; Indian
  6. (Buddhism) to chant sutras; to recite sutras
  7. (Buddhism) sound of sutra chanting
  8. a surname

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings edit

  • Go-on: ぼん (bon)
  • Kan-on: はん (han)

Compounds edit


Kanji in this term
ぼん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ぼん) (bon

  1. Abbreviation of 梵語.

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(beom) (hangeul , revised beom, McCune–Reischauer pŏm, Yale pem)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: phạn, phạm

  1. Brahma
  2. Sanskrit