夜叉

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Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(夜叉) 		夜 叉
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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 夜 叉
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 初 (19)
Final (韻) 麻 (100) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 羊謝切 初加切
Baxter yaeH tsrhae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiaH/ /t͡ʃʰˠa/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiaH/ /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/iaH/ /t͡ʃʰa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jiaH/ /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/iaH/ /t͡ʃʰa/
Wang
Li 		/jĭaH/ /t͡ʃʰa/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/i̯aH/ /ʈ͡ʂʰa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yè chā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		je6 caa1

Noun

夜叉

  1. (Buddhism) yaksha (a malevolent spirit)
  2. (by extension) a ferocious and hideous looking person
  3. (figurative, humorous, dated) wife

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Sino-Xenic (夜叉):

Japanese

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夜叉 (yasha): a male and female yaksha.
Kanji in this term
夜 叉
や
Grade: 2 		しゃ
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 夜叉 (yæH cha?), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

夜(や)叉(しゃ) • (yasha) ←やしや (yasya)?

  1. yaksha, a broad class of nature spirits or minor deities who appear in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology. May be male or female, benevolent or malevolent.
  2. (Buddhism) in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings”), and guardians of the north
  3. (figurative) a demon
    あの女(おんな)の子(こ)は怒(おこ)るとまさに夜叉(やしゃ)のようだよ。
    Ano onna no ko wa okoru to masa ni yasha no yō da yo.
    When that girl gets angry, she's a real demon.

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
夜叉

Noun

夜叉 • (yacha) (hangeul 야차)

  1. hanja form? of 야차 (“yaksha”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
夜叉

Noun

夜叉

  1. chữ Hán form of dạ-xoa (“yaksha”).
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