梵

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梵 U+68B5, 梵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68B5
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 梶 →

Translingual

Han character

梵 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹弓戈 (DDHNI), four-corner 44217, composition ⿱林凡)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14888
  • Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1210, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+68B5

Chinese

trad. 梵
simp. # 梵
alternative forms 𪎒
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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (凡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嵐 *b·ruːm
葻 *b·uːm
釩 *pʰomʔ
汎 *pʰoms, *bum
凡 *bom
帆 *bom, *boms
颿 *bom, *boms
軓 *bomʔ
梵 *bloms, *bum
芃 *boːŋ, *bum
風 *plum, *plums
飌 *plum
楓 *plum
猦 *plum
偑 *plum
檒 *plum
瘋 *plum
諷 *plums
堸 *blum
渢 *blum
鳳 *bums

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bloms, *bum): semantic 林 (“forest”) + phonetic 凡 (OC *bom) – lush. Originally a variant form of 芃 (OC *boːŋ, *bum).

Etymology

As a word for transcribing Indic languages, the reading 梵 (MC bjomH) probably derives from Gandhari and transcribes the syllables such as bram̄(a), bra(m)m-, etc. (Bailey, 1946) in words like 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨸 (bram̄a, “Brahma”), 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa, “a brahmin”), and it appears in the classical Chinese lexicon in 梵天 (“Brahma, name of a deity”), 梵志 (“a person dedicated to religion”), 梵行 (“good, pure conduct”), etc. The sense for "Sanskrit" originally refers to its status as a religious language. In modern usage, it is also used to translate various terms in Hinduism, such as Brahman.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 梵 梵
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 東 (2) 凡 (146)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 房戎切 扶泛切
Baxter bjuwng bjomH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɨuŋ/ /bɨɐmH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biuŋ/ /biɐmH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biuŋ/ /biɐmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/buwŋ/ /buamH/
Li
Rong 		/biuŋ/ /biɐmH/
Wang
Li 		/bĭuŋ/ /bĭwɐmH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯uŋ/ /bʱi̯wɐmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		féng fàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fung4 faan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 梵 梵
Reading # 2/2 1/2
No. 2932 2918
Phonetic
component 		凡 凡
Rime
group 		侵 談
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		馮 梵
Old
Chinese 		/*bum/ /*bloms/
Notes 見漢碑

Definitions

梵

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) lush; luxuriant
  2. (Hinduism) Brahman; the ultimate reality in the universe (concept in Hinduism)
  3. (figurative) quiet; peaceful; undisturbed
  4. of or pertaining to Buddhism; Buddhist
  5. of or pertaining to ancient India or the Sanskrit language; Indian
    梵語／梵语  ―  Fànyǔ  ―  Sanskrit language
    梵漢對音／梵汉对音  ―  Fàn-Hàn duìyīn  ―  Sino-Sanskrit pronunciations
  6. (Buddhism) to chant sutras; to recite sutras
  7. (Buddhism) sound of sutra chanting
  8. Used in transcription.
    梵蒂岡／梵蒂冈  ―  Fàndìgāng  ―  Vatican City
    文森特·梵高  ―  Wénsēntè Fàngāo  ―  Vincent van Gogh
    梵恩  ―  Fàn'ēn  ―  Vaan (Final Fantasy XII character)
    歌帝梵巧克力  ―  Gēdìfàn qiǎokèlì  ―  Godiva chocolate
    梵啞鈴／梵哑铃   ―  6ve-o5-lin6   ―  violin
  9. a surname

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

梵

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: ぼん (bon)
  • Kan-on: はん (han)

Compounds


Kanji in this term
梵
ぼん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

梵(ぼん) • (bon) 

  1. abbreviation of 梵語

References

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

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

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Wikisource

梵 • (beom) (hangeul 범, revised beom, McCune–Reischauer pŏm, Yale pem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梵: Hán Nôm readings: phạn, phạm

  1. Brahma
  2. Sanskrit
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