結界

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See also: 结界

Chinese

knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit)
knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
 
boundary; scope; extent
boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
 
trad. (結界)
simp. (结界)

Etymology

"force field"
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界(けっかい) (kekkai).

Pronunciation


Noun

結界

  1. (Buddhism) boundary; restricted area
  2. (Buddhism) a gloss for the Sanskrit term sīmābandha
  3. (fiction, chiefly ACG) force field; invisible barrier

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けつ > けっ
Grade: 4
かい
Grade: 3
kan'on
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Etymology

Originally a Buddhist term borrowed from Middle Chinese 結界 (MC ket keajH),[1][2] itself a translation of Sanskrit सीमाबन्ध (sīmābandha, literally boundary, edge + bounded).[3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

(けっ)(かい) (kekkai

  1. (Buddhism) restricted access:
    1. restricted access to a specific area for purposes of Buddhist training
    2. in esoteric Buddhism, restricted access to a specific area of a dōjō for purposes of purification
    3. a wooden fence or partition separating the inner and outer sanctuaries of a temple, or separating monastic and public seating in the outer sanctuary
    4. an area into which anything potentially disruptive to Buddhist training is restricted from entering, such as a 女人結界 (nyonin kekkai, no-women zone)
  2. a lattice or screen demarcating a merchant's or shopkeeper's register and bookkeeping area
  3. (tea) an item used in 茶道 (sadō, tea ceremony) to visually separate the guest tatami area from the ceremony tatami area
  4. (fantasy) on a small scale, meaning a projected energy barrier, force field, or shield; and on a larger scale, meaning a pocket universe, spiritual or otherwise
    結界(けっかい)()
    kekkai o haru
    to set up a force field

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Verb

(けっ)(かい)する (kekkai surusuru (stem (けっ)(かい) (kekkai shi), past (けっ)(かい)した (kekkai shita))

  1. (Buddhism) to restrict access:
    1. to restrict access to a specific area for purposes of Buddhist training
    2. in esoteric Buddhism, to restrict access to a specific area of a dōjō for purposes of purification
    3. to restrict anything potentially disruptive to Buddhist training from entering into an area

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See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ 結界”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  4. ^ 結界”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
  5. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

結界

  1. chữ Hán form of kết giới (forcefield).