頭陀

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (頭陀)
simp. (头陀)
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Etymology

From Sanskrit धुत (dhuta).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (7)
Final () (137) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter duw da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dəu/ /dɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/dəu/ /dɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/dəu/ /dɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəw/ /da/
Li
Rong
/du/ /dɑ/
Wang
Li
/dəu/ /dɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱə̯u/ /dʱɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóu tuó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tau4 to4

Noun

頭陀

  1. (Buddhism) ascetic practices
  2. (Buddhism) mendicant Buddhist monk

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