布施

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See also: 佈施

Chinese

to declare; to announce; to spread
to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
 
distribute (alms); to do; to execute
distribute (alms); to do; to execute; to carry out
 
trad. (布施/佈施) 布/佈 施
simp. (布施) 布 施

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 布 施
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 愽故切 式支切
Baxter puH sye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/puoH/ /ɕiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/puoH/ /ɕiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/poH/ /ɕjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pɔH/ /ɕiə̆/
Li
Rong 		/poH/ /ɕie/
Wang
Li 		/puH/ /ɕǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/puoH/ /ɕie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bù shī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bou3 si1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 布 施
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bù shī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ puH › ‹ sye ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pˁa-s/ /*l̥aj/
English cloth give, bestow

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 布 施
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 3495 14783
Phonetic
component 		父 也
Rime
group 		魚 歌
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		䌳
Old
Chinese 		/*paːs/ /*hljal/

Verb

布施

  1. to give in the name of charity; to give to the poor; to distribute alms
  2. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) to practice dana

Synonyms

  • (to give in the name of charity):

Noun

布施

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) dana

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (布施):
  • → Japanese: 布施(ふせ) (fuse)
  • → Korean: 보시(布施) (bosi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
布 施
ふ
Grade: 5 		せ
Grade: S
goon

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit दान (dāna, “generosity, giving”). Compare 檀那 (danna).

Pronunciation

Noun

布(ふ)施(せ) • (fuse) ←ふせ (fuse)?

  1. (Buddhism) dana

Verb

布(ふ)施(せ)する • (fuse suru) ←ふせす (fuse su)?suru (stem 布(ふ)施(せ)し (fuse shi), past 布(ふ)施(せ)した (fuse shita))

  1. (Buddhism) to practice dana

Conjugation

Conjugation of "布施する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 布施し ふせし fuse shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 布施し ふせし fuse shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 布施する ふせする fuse suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 布施する ふせする fuse suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 布施すれ ふせすれ fuse sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 布施せよ¹
布施しろ² 		ふせせよ¹
ふせしろ² 		fuse seyo¹
fuse shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 布施される ふせされる fuse sareru
Causative 布施させる
布施さす 		ふせさせる
ふせさす 		fuse saseru
fuse sasu
Potential 布施できる ふせできる fuse dekiru
Volitional 布施しよう ふせしよう fuse shiyō
Negative 布施しない ふせしない fuse shinai
Negative continuative 布施せず ふせせず fuse sezu
Formal 布施します ふせします fuse shimasu
Perfective 布施した ふせした fuse shita
Conjunctive 布施して ふせして fuse shite
Hypothetical conditional 布施すれば ふせすれば fuse sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Proper noun

布(ふ)施(せ) • (Fuse) ←ふせ (Fuse)?

  1. Fuse (multiple neighborhoods in Japan):
    1. A neighborhood of Minakami, Tone district, Gunma Prefecture.
    2. A neighborhood of Takatsuki, Ika district, Shiga Prefecture.
    3. The neighborhoods of Ōnan, Ōchi district and of Okinoshima, Oki district; in Shimane Prefecture.
    4. The neighborhoods of Abiko and Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture.
    5. A neighborhood of Himi, Toyama Prefecture.
    6. A neighborhood of Saku, Nagano Prefecture.
    7. A neighborhood of Chūō, Yamanashi Prefecture.
  2. A former city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan; now an area of western Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture.
  3. a surname
    布(ふ)施(せ)現(げん)之(の)助(すけ)
    Fuse Gennosuke
    Gennosuke Fuse, anatomist known for the Kölliker–Fuse nucleus

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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