普賢

Chinese
 
general; popular; everywhere
general; popular; everywhere; universal
 worthy (person)
trad. (普賢) 普 賢
simp. (普贤) 普 贤

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit समन्तभद्र (samantabhadra, literally “universal worthy”), from समन्त (samanta, “universal, adjacent”) + भद्र (bhadra, “good”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 普 賢
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I IV
Fanqie 滂古切 胡田切
Baxter phuX hen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰuoX/ /ɦen/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰuoX/ /ɦen/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰoX/ /ɣɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰɔX/ /ɦɛn/
Li
Rong		 /pʰoX/ /ɣen/
Wang
Li		 /pʰuX/ /ɣien/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰuoX/ /ɣien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pǔ xián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 pou2 jin4

Proper noun

普賢

  1. (Buddhism) (～菩薩) Samantabhadra bodhisattva
    Synonym: 三曼多跋陀羅／三曼多跋陀罗

Further reading

Japanese
Kanji in this term
普 賢
ふ
Grade: S		 げん
Grade: S
goon

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 普賢 (pʰuoX ɦen, literally “Universally Worthy”), from Sanskrit समन्तभद्र (samantabhadra).

Proper noun

普(ふ)賢(げん) • (Fugen) 

  1. Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva)
    普(ふ)賢(げん)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ)
    Fugen Bosatsu
    Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
    普(ふ)賢(げん)大(だい)士(し)
    Fugen Daishi
    Master Samantabhadra

See also
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