阿修羅

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See also: 阿修罗

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (阿修羅)
simp. (阿修罗)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit असुर (asura).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (16) (37)
Final () (94) (136) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I III I
Fanqie
Baxter 'a sjuw la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑ/ /sɨu/ /lɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑ/ /siu/ /lɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑ/ /siəu/ /lɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔa/ /suw/ /la/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑ/ /siu/ /lɑ/
Wang
Li
/ /sĭəu/ /lɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔɑ/ /si̯ə̯u/ /lɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ē xiū luó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
o1 sau1 lo4

Noun

阿修羅

  1. (Buddhism) asura

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: 5

Grade: S
goon
Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
しゅ
Grade: 5

Grade: S
goon
 阿修羅 on Japanese Wikipedia
 アスラ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Chinese 阿修羅 / 阿修罗 (āxiūluó), from Sanskrit असुर (asura).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(しゅ)() or ()()() or 阿修羅(アスラ) (ashura or asura

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) asura
    Synonym: 修羅 (shura)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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

Noun

阿修羅 (asura) (hangeul 아수라)

  1. hanja form? of 아수라 (asura)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

阿修羅

  1. chữ Hán form of A Tu La (asura).