肉髻

Chinese

		meat; flesh	hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
simp. and trad. (肉髻)		肉	髻

Etymology

Borrowed ultimately from Sanskrit उष्णीष (uṣṇīṣa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ròujì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròujì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròujì
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴-chi⁴
    • Yale: ròu-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowjih
    • Palladius: жоуцзи (žouczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

Noun

肉髻

1. (Buddhism) ushnisha, the fleshy swelling or top-knot on the head in depictions of the Buddha.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (肉髻):

• → Korean: 육계(肉髻) (yukgye)

Further reading

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