因果

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Chinese

cause; reason; because fruit; result
simp. and trad.
(因果) 		因 果
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Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit हेतु (hetu, “impulse, cause”) and फल (phala, “fruit, result”) arising from translation of Buddhist texts. (Dassanayake (2021), pg. 124)

Pronunciation

Noun

因果

  1. cause and effect
  2. (Buddhism) karma; fate

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (因果):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
因 果
いん
Grade: 5 		か > が
Grade: 4
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Pronunciation

Adjective

因(いん)果(が) • (inga) ←いんぐわ (ingwa)?-na (adnominal 因(いん)果(が)な (inga na), adverbial 因(いん)果(が)に (inga ni))

  1. fateful, unlucky

Noun

因(いん)果(が) • (inga) ←いんぐわ (ingwa)?

  1. cause and effect; karma; fate

Derived terms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
因果

Noun

因果

  1. chữ Hán form of nhân quả (“karma, causality”).
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