業果

See also: 业果

Chinese

business; occupation; study fruit; result
trad. (業果) 業 果
simp. (业果) 业 果

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 業 果
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 業 (147) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 魚怯切 古火切
Baxter ngjaep kwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨɐp̚/ /kuɑX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɐp̚/ /kuɑX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɐp̚/ /kuɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨap̚/ /kwaX/
Li
Rong
/ŋiap̚/ /kuɑX/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭɐp̚/ /kuɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯ɐp̚/ /kuɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yè guǒ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jip6 gwo2

Noun

業果

  1. (Buddhism) karma; the effects of karma

Japanese

Kanji in this term
業 果
ごう
Grade: 3
か
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

/ɡapukwa/ → /ɡafukwa/ → /ɡawukwa/ → /ɡaukwa/ → /ɡɔːkwa/ → /ɡoːkwa/ → /ɡoːka/

From Middle Chinese compound 業果 (MC ngjaep kwaX, literally “karmic fruit, karmic result”). Compare modern Mandarin 業果/业果 (yèguǒ).

Buddhist term, imported into Japanese when Buddhism was introduced to Japan, some time during the Kofun, Asuka, and Nara periods.

Pronunciation

Noun

業(ごう)果(か) • (gōka) ←がふくわ (gafukwa)?

  1. (Buddhism) karma, specifically the effects of karma

References

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