娑婆

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (娑婆)
simp. #(娑婆)
anagram 婆娑
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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सह (saha, name of a division of the world < bearing; enduring), as in सहलोकधातु (sahalokadhātu, world inhabited by men; earth).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (16) (3)
Final () (94) (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter sa ba
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sɑ/ /buɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/sɑ/ /buɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɑ/ /buɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sa/ /bwa/
Li
Rong
/sɑ/ /buɑ/
Wang
Li
/sɑ/ /buɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/sɑ/ /bʱuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
suō
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
so1 po4

Noun

娑婆

  1. (Buddhism) world of endurance; outside world; this world (which is full of suffering)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (娑婆):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゃ
Hyōgai

Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 娑婆 (suōpó), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit सह (saha)

Pronunciation

Noun

(しゃ)() (shaba

  1. the world
  2. (Buddhism) this corrupt world
  3. the outside world

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

娑婆 (saba) (hangeul 사바)

  1. hanja form? of 사바 (the world; (Buddhism) this corrupt world; the outside world)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

娑婆

  1. chữ Hán form of sa bà