文殊

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Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (文殊)		文	殊
simp. ^#(文殊)		文	殊

Short for 文殊師利／文殊师利 (Wénshūshīlì).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wénshū

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ syu⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): Ùng-sṳ̀
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bûn-sû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wénshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnshu
  - Wade–Giles: Wên²-shu¹
  - Yale: Wén-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenshu
  - Palladius: Вэньшу (Vɛnʹšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ syu⁴
  - Yale: màhn syùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ sy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ xu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ syː²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ùng-sṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)ny⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bûn-sû
  - Tâi-lô: Bûn-sû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunsuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² su¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ su²³/

Middle Chinese: mjun dzyu

Rime
Character	文	殊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無分切	市朱切
Baxter	mjun	dzyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/	/d͡ʑɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/	/d͡ʑio/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/	/d͡ʑio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/	/d͡ʑuə̆/
Li Rong	/miuən/	/ʑio/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/	/ʑĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/	/ʑi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén	chú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man⁴	syu⁴

Proper noun

文殊

(Buddhism) Mañjuśrī (bodhisattva associated with prajñā in Mahayana Buddhism)

Etymology 2

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	unique
trad. (文殊)		文	殊
simp. ^#(文殊)		文	殊

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wénshū

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wénshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnshu
  - Wade–Giles: Wên²-shu¹
  - Yale: Wén-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenshu
  - Palladius: Вэньшу (Vɛnʹšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/

Proper noun

文殊

(～鎮) Wenshu (a town in Jiayuguan, Gansu, China)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	殊
もん Grade: 1	じゅ Grade: S
goon

文殊菩薩 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Literary Chinese 文殊 (Wénshū), Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī)

Proper noun

文(もん)殊(じゅ) • (Monju)

Manjushri (bodhisattva of wisdom)
文(もん)殊(じゅ)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ)
Monju Bosatsu
Manjushri Bodhisattva

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