色即是空

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See also: 色卽是空

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sè jí shì kōng

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

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

Middle Chinese: srik tsik dzyeX khuwng

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

Phrase

色即是空

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (色即是空):

→ Japanese: 色(しき)即(そく)是(ぜ)空(くう) (shiki soku ze kū)
→ Korean: 색즉시공(色即是空) (saekjeuksigong)

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
色卽是空 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the 般若心経 (Hannya Shingyō, “Heart Sutra”).

From Middle Chinese 色即是空 (MC srik tsik dzyeX khuwng), itself being Kumārajīva's translation from Sanskrit यद् रूपं सा शून्यता (yad rūpaṃ sā śūnyatā, literally “form is indeed emptiness”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しきそくぜくう (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Phrase

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

(Buddhism) the fundamental doctrine that all things in this world that have a connection or reason has no intrinsic essence

See also

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

References

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

Korean

Phrase

色即是空 • (saekjeuksigong) (hangeul 색즉시공)

Hanja form^? of 색즉시공.

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