石窟

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Chinese

rock; stone; 10 pecks cave; hole
trad. (石窟)
simp. #(石窟)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (29)
Final () (123) (56)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter dzyek khwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/ /kʰuət̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛk̚/ /kʰuot̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiæk̚/ /kʰuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiajk̚/ /kʰwət̚/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛk̚/ /kʰuət̚/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛk̚/ /kʰuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛk̚/ /kʰuət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shí ku
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sik6 fat1

Noun

石窟

  1. rock cave; grotto
  2. (Jinjiang Hokkien) quarry

Synonyms

  • (grotto):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (石窟):
  • Japanese: 石窟(せっくつ) (sekkutsu)
  • Korean: 석굴(石窟) (seokgul)

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “石窟”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 488.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せき > せっ
Grade: 1
くつ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

石窟(せっくつ) (sekkutsu

  1. rock cave
    Synonyms: 岩屋, 岩穴

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN