空門

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Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (空門)		空	門
simp. (空门)		空	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngmén

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄇㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongmén
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-mên²
  - Yale: kūng-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongmen
  - Palladius: кунмэнь (kunmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵/

Noun

空門

Buddhism
- 性無有相，亦無有門，故云：『無門為法門。』亦名『空門』，亦名『色門』。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  性无有相，亦无有门，故云：『无门为法门。』亦名『空门』，亦名『色门』。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《宗鏡錄》卷一
  Xìng wú yǒu xiàng, yì wú yǒu mén, gù yún: ‘Wú mén wèi fǎmén.’ Yì míng ‘kōngmén’, yì míng ‘sè mén’.
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Buddhism uses the method of emptiness to enter nirvana
Antonym: 有門／有门 (yǒumén)
One of the four sects of Tiantai
sangha
- 劉秉忠氣剛以直，學富而文，雖晦跡於空門，每潛心於聖道。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  刘秉忠气刚以直，学富而文，虽晦迹于空门，每潜心于圣道。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《釋氏稽古略續集．卷一》
  Liú Bǐngzhōng qì gāng yǐ zhí, xué fù ér wén, suī huìjì yú kōngmén, měi qiánxīn yú shèng dào.
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empty house

Derived terms

遁入空門／遁入空门 (dùnrùkōngmén)
闖空門／闯空门

References

“Entry #78759”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	門
くう Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くうもん (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

空(くう)門(もん) • (kūmon)

Buddhism uses the method of emptiness to enter nirvana
One of the four sects of Tiantai
Buddhism

Derived terms

空(くう)門(もん)子(し) (kūmonshi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
空	門

Noun

空門 • (gongmun) (hangeul 공문)

hanja form^? of 공문

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