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Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali jhāpita (“cremated”), the past participle of jhāpeti (“to cremate”).
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
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荼
|
荼
|
荼
|
毗
|
| Reading #
|
1/3
|
2/3
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3/3
|
1/1
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| Initial (聲)
|
定 (7)
|
船 (27)
|
澄 (11)
|
並 (3)
|
| Final (韻)
|
模 (23)
|
麻 (100)
|
麻 (98)
|
脂 (15)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
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| Division (等)
|
I
|
III
|
II
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
同都切
|
食遮切
|
宅加切
|
房脂切
|
| Baxter
|
du
|
zyae
|
drae
|
bjij
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/duo/
|
/ʑia/
|
/ɖˠa/
|
/biɪ/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/duo/
|
/ʑia/
|
/ɖᵚa/
|
/bi/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/do/
|
/ʑia/
|
/ȡa/
|
/bjɪ/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/dɔ/
|
/ʑia/
|
/ɖaɨ/
|
/bi/
|
Li
Rong
|
/do/
|
/d͡ʑia/
|
/ȡa/
|
/bi/
|
Wang
Li
|
/du/
|
/d͡ʑĭa/
|
/ȡa/
|
/bi/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/dʱuo/
|
/d͡ʑʰi̯a/
|
/ȡʱa/
|
/bʱi/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
tú
|
shé
|
chá
|
pí
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
tou4
|
se4
|
caa4
|
pei4
|
Noun
荼毗
- (Buddhism) cremation (typically for Buddhist monastics)
- 荼毗儀式／荼毗仪式 ― túpí yíshì ― cremation ritual