竺乾

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Chinese

short for 天竺 (Tiānzhú) heaven
trad. (竺乾)
simp. #(竺乾)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3 2/2
Initial () (9) (30)
Final () (4) (79)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter trjuwk gjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈɨuk̚/ /ɡˠiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈiuk̚/ /ɡᵚiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiuk̚/ /ɡiæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈuwk̚/ /gian/
Li
Rong
/ȶiuk̚/ /ɡjɛn/
Wang
Li
/ȶĭuk̚/ /ɡĭɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯uk̚/ /gi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhu qián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zuk1 kin4

Proper noun

竺乾

  1. (archaic, Buddhism) India
    Synonyms: 天竺 (Tiānzhú), 身毒 (Juāndú), 賢豆贤豆 (Xiándòu), 狷篤狷笃, 乾篤干笃, 西天 (Xītiān), 西乾西干