我執

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Chinese

		I; me	execute (a plan); grasp
trad. (我執)		我	執
simp. (我执)		我	执

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit आत्मग्राह (ātmagrāha).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǒzhí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄓˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǒzhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǒjhíh
  - Wade–Giles: wo³-chih²
  - Yale: wǒ-jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woojyr
  - Palladius: вочжи (vočži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/

Middle Chinese: ngaX tsyip

Rime
Character	我	執
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	五可切	之入切
Baxter	ngaX	tsyip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑ^X/	/t͡ɕiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑ^X/	/t͡ɕip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑ^X/	/t͡ɕjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋa^X/	/cip̚/
Li Rong	/ŋɑ^X/	/t͡ɕiəp̚/
Wang Li	/ŋɑ^X/	/t͡ɕĭĕp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑ^X/	/t͡ɕi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ě	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo⁵	zap¹

Noun

我執

(Buddhism) the belief that the ego exists, in opposition to the Buddhist concept of anattā or non-self

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (我執):

→ Japanese: 我(が)執(しゅう) (gashū)
→ Korean: 아집(我執) (ajip)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “我執” in 佛學大辭典 .

Japanese

Kanji in this term
我	執
が Grade: 6	しゅう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がしゅう (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

我(が)執(しゅう) • (gashū) ^{←がしふ (gasifu)^?}

(Buddhism) the belief that the ego exists, in opposition to the Buddhist concept of anattā or non-self
(derogatory) egotistic stubbornness, obsession that only one's own ideas are correct

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
我	執

Noun

我執 • (ajip) (hangeul 아집)

hanja form^? of 아집

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