剎

剎 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大金中弓 (KCLN) or 大木中弓 (KDLN), four-corner 4290₀, composition ⿰⿱㐅术刂(G) or ⿰⿱㐅朮刂(HT) or ⿰𣏂刂)

• 䓭, 𠝨, 𤟆 (Only for Taiwan character forms as mainland China character forms contain 刹 instead)

• 刹 (Simplified Chinese and Japanese kanji)

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 140, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2012
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 342, character 5
• Unihan data for U+524E

Historical forms of the character 剎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰraːd): phonetic 殺 (OC *sreːds, *sreːd) + semantic 刂.

Transcription of the kṣV (क्ष) sequence in various Sanskrit words, probably via Khotanese or Gandhari 𐨐𐨿𐨮 (kṣ /⁠*tʂ(ə), *ʈʂ(ə)⁠/) (Bailey, 1946), including:

• Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “land; place of pilgrimage”) (剎多羅)
• Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa, “instant (in time)”) (剎那)
• Sanskrit क्षेम (kṣema, “residence”) (剎摩)
• Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “warrior caste; kshatriya”) (剎怛利耶, 剎帝利, 剎利)

剎

1. Clipping of 剎多羅／刹多罗 (chàduōluó).
   1. (Buddhism) land; world; place; area
   2. (Buddhism) place of pilgrimage; kshetra; Buddhist temple; Buddhist monastery; pagoda

      古剎／古刹  ―  gǔchà  ―  old Buddhist temple

2. Clipping of 剎那／刹那 (chànà).
   1. (Buddhism) instant; moment; impermanence
   2. (by extension) brief moment; short moment
      • (Can we date this quote?), “人生何處不相逢 ”, 簡寧 (lyrics), performed by 陳慧嫻:

        你我在回望那一剎　彼此慰問境況
        你我在回望那一刹　彼此慰问境况

        nei⁵ ngo⁵ zoi⁶ wui⁴ mong⁶ naa⁵ jat¹ saat³, bei² ci² wai³ man⁶ ging² fong³

        The moment we both turned back
        Exchanged glances and checked up on each other

      • (Can we date this quote?), “飛花 ”, in 陳少琪 (lyrics), 飛花 , performed by 李克勤:

        懷念那一剎　耀眼的火花
        怀念那一刹　耀眼的火花

        waai⁴ nim⁶ naa⁵ jat¹ saat³, jiu⁶ ngaan⁵ dik¹ fo² faa¹

        Missing that instant
        The dazzling spark

• (brief moment): 刻 (kè)

From 煞 (shā), in turn from 殺／杀 (shā).

剎

1. to brake (a car); to stop a car

   剎車／刹车  ―  shāchē  ―  to brake a car

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): さつ (satsu)、せち (sechi)
• Kun: はたばしら (hatabashira)、てら (tera, 剎)、くに (kuni)

剎 • (chal) (hangeul 찰, revised chal, McCune–Reischauer ch'al, Yale chal)

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剎: Hán Nôm readings: sát

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