帝釋

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Chinese

emperor phonetic
trad. (帝釋)
simp. (帝释)

Etymology

Chinese (, “emperor”) + clipping of Sanskrit शक्र (śakra).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (5) (26)
Final () (39) (123)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter tejH syek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/teiH/ /ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/teiH/ /ɕiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɛiH/ /ɕiæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tɛjH/ /ɕiajk̚/
Li
Rong
/teiH/ /ɕiɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/tieiH/ /ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tieiH/ /ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dai3 sik1

Proper noun

帝釋

  1. (Buddhism) Sakra