空即是色

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See also: 空卽是色

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	be; yes; this	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (空即是色)		空	即	是	色
simp. ^#(空即是色)		空	即	是	色
anagram		色即是空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōng jí shì sè

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ zik¹ si⁶ sik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōng jí shì sè
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kong jí shìh sè
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹ chi² shih⁴ sê⁴
  - Yale: kūng jí shr̀ sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kong jyi shyh seh
  - Palladius: кун цзи ши сэ (kun czi ši sɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ zik¹ si⁶ sik¹
  - Yale: hūng jīk sih sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ dzik⁷ si⁶ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ jig¹ xi⁶ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ siː²² sɪk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: khuwng tsik dzyeX srik

Rime
Character	空	即	是	色
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	精 (13)	常 (25)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	職 (134)	支 (11)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III	III
Fanqie	苦紅切	子力切	承紙切	所力切
Baxter	khuwng	tsik	dzyeX	srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡sɨk̚/	/d͡ʑiᴇ^X/	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡sɨk̚/	/d͡ʑiɛ^X/	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡siek̚/	/d͡ʑjɛ^X/	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəwŋ/	/t͡sik̚/	/d͡ʑiə̆^X/	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡siək̚/	/ʑie^X/	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡sĭək̚/	/ʑǐe^X/	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuŋ/	/t͡si̯ək̚/	/ʑie̯^X/	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kōng	ji	shì	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung¹	zik¹	si⁶	sik¹

Phrase

空即是色

Short for 色即是空，空即是色 (sè jí shì kōng, kōng jí shì sè).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	即	是	色
くう Grade: 1	そく Grade: S	ぜ Grade: S	しき Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
空卽是色 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Attested in the Heart Sutra.

From Middle Chinese 空即是色 (MC khuwng tsik dzyeX srik), itself being Kumārajīva's translation from Sanskrit या शून्यता तद् रूपम् (yā śūnyatā tad rūpam, literally “emptiness is only form”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くうそくぜしき (Atamadaka – )^[1]
(Tokyo) くうそくぜしき (Nakadaka – )
(Tokyo) くうそくぜしき (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Phrase

空(くう)即(そく)是(ぜ)色(しき) • (kū soku ze shiki)

(Buddhism) fundamental doctrine that all things in this world are empty in essence, and through that existence, all phenomenon is real in form

See also

色(しき)即(そく)是(ぜ)空(くう) (shiki soku ze kū, “form is indeed emptiness”)

References

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

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