迦葉

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (迦葉)
simp. (迦叶)

Etymology

From Sanskrit काश्यप (kāśyapa).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (28) (26)
Final () (96) (98) (155)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III II III
Fanqie
Baxter kja kae syep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɑ/ /kˠa/ /ɕiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɑ/ /kᵚa/ /ɕiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɑ/ /ka/ /ɕjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨa/ /kaɨ/ /ɕiap̚/
Li
Rong
/kiɑ/ /ka/ /ɕiɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/kǐɑ/ /ka/ /ɕĭɛp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɑ/ /ka/ /ɕi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiē jiā she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ge1 gaa1 sip3

Proper noun

迦葉

  1. Kāśyapa (the Buddha who preceded Sakyamuni and the second Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (迦葉):

Further reading