袈裟

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Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(袈裟) 		袈 裟
alternative forms 毠㲚
𣮫㲚
𧛣裟
迦沙
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袈裟

Etymology

From Sanskrit काषाय (kāṣāya, “brownish red; brown-red cloth or garment”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 袈 裟
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 麻 (98) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 古牙切 所加切
Baxter kae srae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠa/ /ʃˠa/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚa/ /ʃᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ka/ /ʃa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kaɨ/ /ʂaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ka/ /ʃa/
Wang
Li 		/ka/ /ʃa/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ka/ /ʂa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiā shā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gaa1 saa1

Noun

袈裟

  1. (Buddhism) kasaya (the robes of fully ordained Buddhist monks and nuns)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 袈裟 (“kasaya”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 袈裟, 福田衣, 水田衣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 袈裟, 百衲衣
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 袈裟
Singapore 袈裟
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 袈裟
Cantonese Hong Kong 袈裟
Gan Nanchang 袈裟
Hakka Yudu 袈裟
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 袈裟
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 袈裟
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 袈裟
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 袈裟
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 袈裟
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 袈裟
Eastern Min Fuzhou 袈裟
Southern Min Xiamen 八寶衫, 百補衫
Quanzhou 八寶衫
Zhangzhou 八寶衫, 百布衣
Wu Suzhou 袈裟

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (袈裟):
  • → Japanese: 袈裟(けさ) (kesa)
  • → Korean: 가사(袈裟) (gasa)
  • → Vietnamese: cà-sa (袈裟)

Others:

Further reading

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
袈 裟
け
Jinmeiyō 		さ
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 袈裟 (jiāshā).

Pronunciation

Noun

袈(け)裟(さ) • (kesa) 

  1. a kāṣāya

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “けさ 【袈裟】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
袈裟

Noun

袈裟 • (gasa or McCune-Reischauer: kasa or Yale: kasa) (hangeul 가사)

  1. hanja form? of 가사 (“kāṣāya”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
袈裟

Noun

袈裟

  1. chữ Hán form of cà-sa (“kāṣāya”).
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