菩提

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (菩提) 菩 提
simp. #(菩提) 菩 提

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 菩 提
Reading # 1/4 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I IV
Fanqie 薄胡切 杜奚切
Baxter bu dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/buo/ /dei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/buo/ /dei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bo/ /dɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bɔ/ /dɛj/
Li
Rong 		/bo/ /dei/
Wang
Li 		/bu/ /diei/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱuo/ /dʱiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pú tí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pou4 tai4

Noun

菩提

  1. (Buddhism) bodhi
地獄不空，誓不成佛；眾生度盡，方證菩提。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
地狱不空，誓不成佛；众生度尽，方证菩提。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra
Dìyù bù kōng, shì bù chéngfó; zhòngshēng dù jìn, fāng zhèng pútí.
Until the hells are empty, I vow to not attain Buddhahood; only when all living beings are saved, shall I attain enlightenment.
  1. Short for 菩提樹／菩提树 (pútíshù, “bodhi tree”).
  2. Short for 菩提子 (pútízǐ, “bodhi seeds; bodhi beads”).

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (菩提):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菩 提
ぼ
Jinmeiyō 		だい
Grade: 5
kan'yōon goon
Alternative spelling
𬻋
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Etymology

From Middle Chinese 菩提 (MC bu dej), a transliteration of Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi), [1][2][3][4][5] or Pali bodhi.

Pronunciation

Noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (bodai) 

  1. (Buddhism) bodhi:
    1. supreme enlightenment or wisdom
    2. reaching nirvana
    3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    4. (by extension) a Buddhist doctrine
      Synonym: 仏道 (Butsudō)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Idioms

Descendants

See also

Proper noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (Bodai) 

  1. a placename
  2. a surname

Compounds

References

  1. ^ “菩提”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ “菩提”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ “菩提”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
菩提

Noun

菩提 • (bori) (hangeul 보리)

  1. hanja form? of 보리 (“bodhi; enlightenment”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
菩提

Noun

菩提

  1. chữ Hán form of bồ đề (“bodhi; enlightenment”).

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