荼毗

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (荼毗) 荼 毗
simp. #(荼毗) 荼 毗
alternative forms 荼毘/荼毗

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali jhāpita (“cremated”), the past participle of jhāpeti (“to cremate”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 荼 荼 荼 毗
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 船 (27) 澄 (11) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 麻 (100) 麻 (98) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division (等) I III II III
Fanqie 同都切 食遮切 宅加切 房脂切
Baxter du zyae drae bjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duo/ /ʑia/ /ɖˠa/ /biɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/duo/ /ʑia/ /ɖᵚa/ /bi/
Shao
Rongfen
/do/ /ʑia/ /ȡa/ /bjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɔ/ /ʑia/ /ɖaɨ/ /bi/
Li
Rong
/do/ /d͡ʑia/ /ȡa/ /bi/
Wang
Li
/du/ /d͡ʑĭa/ /ȡa/ /bi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱuo/ /d͡ʑʰi̯a/ /ȡʱa/ /bʱi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tú shé chá pí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou4 se4 caa4 pei4

Noun

荼毗

  1. (Buddhism) cremation
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