劫波

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Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(劫波)
alternative forms 劫簸

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa, kalpa).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (1)
Final () (147) (95)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter kjaep pa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɐp̚/ /puɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɐp̚/ /puɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɐp̚/ /puɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨap̚/ /pwa/
Li
Rong
/kiap̚/ /puɑ/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐp̚/ /puɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɐp̚/ /puɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gip3 bo1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jié
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjæp › ‹ pa ›
Old
Chinese
/*k(r)ap/ /*pˁaj/
English rob wave (n.)

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 6438 10694 9719
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kab/ /*kab/ /*paːl/
Notes kalpa kalpa

Noun

劫波

  1. (Buddhism) kalpa (a unit of cosmological time)

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