須臾
See also: 须臾
Chinese edit
necessary; must; need | surname; a moment; little while | ||
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trad. (須臾) | 須 | 臾 | |
simp. (须臾) | 须 | 臾 |
Etymology edit
- “48 minutes”
- Semantic loan from Sanskrit मुहूर्त (muhūrta).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
須臾
- (literary) an instant
- (Buddhism, archaic) A unit of time consisting of one-thirtieth of a day (approximately 48 minutes).
- Synonym: 牟呼栗多 (móuhūlìduō)
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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須 | 臾 |
しゅ Grade: S |
ゆ Hyōgaiji |
kan’on | on’yomi |
Appears to be a shift in reading from suyu below, adopting the relatively newer kan'on reading of shu for the first character.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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須 | 臾 |
す Grade: S |
ゆ Hyōgaiji |
goon | on’yomi |
Probably from Middle Chinese 須臾 (MC sju yu). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.
Ultimately derived as a meaning-based translation of Sanskrit मुहूर्त (muhūrta, “a moment, instant, any short space of time”), applied to the earlier phonetically transcribed term 牟呼栗多 (MC mjuw xu lit ta).[2]
This reading appears to be less common than shuyu above.