功德

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Chinese

merit; achievement; result
merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
 
Germany; virtue; goodness
Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
 
simp. and trad.
(功德) 		功 德

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 功 德
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 古紅切 多則切
Baxter kuwng tok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuŋ/ /tək̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuŋ/ /tək̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuŋ/ /tək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəwŋ/ /tək̚/
Li
Rong 		/kuŋ/ /tək̚/
Wang
Li 		/kuŋ/ /tək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kuŋ/ /tək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gōng de
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gung1 dak1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 功 德
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gōng dé
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kuwng › ‹ tok ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kˁoŋ/ /*tˁək/
English work, effort virtue

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 功 德
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4021 17266
Phonetic
component 		工 直
Rime
group 		東 職
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		公 德
Old
Chinese 		/*koːŋ/ /*tɯːɡ/

Noun

功德

  1. merits and virtues
  2. (Buddhism) charitable and pious deeds; benefaction; beneficence; works

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
功 德
く
Grade: 4 		とく > どく
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
功 德
こう
Grade: 4 		とく
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 功德 – see the following entry.
【功徳くどく】
(Buddhism) virtuous deed
【功徳こうとく】
This term needs a translation to English.
(This term, 功德, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
功德

Noun

功德 • (gongdeok) (hangeul 공덕)

  1. hanja form? of 공덕 (“good deed”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
功德

Noun

功德

  1. chữ Hán form of công đức (“merit”).
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