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梵 (Kangxi radical 75,木+7, 11 strokes,cangjie input木木竹弓戈 (DDHNI),four-corner44217,composition⿱林凡)
| trad. | 梵 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 梵 | |
| alternative forms | 𪎒 | |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*bloms, *bum): semantic 林(“forest”) + phonetic 凡(OC*bom) – lush. Originally a variant form of芃 (OC*boːŋ, *bum).
As a word for transcribing Indic languages, the reading梵 (MC bjomH) probably derives fromGandhari and transcribes the syllables such asbram̄(a),bra(m)m-, etc. (Bailey, 1946) in words like𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨸(bram̄a,“Brahma”),𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞(bramaṇa,“abrahmin”), and it appears in the classical Chinese lexicon in梵天 (“Brahma, name of a deity”),梵志 (“a person dedicated to religion”),梵行 (“good, pure conduct”), etc. The sense for "Sanskrit" originally refers to its status as a religious language. In modern usage, it is also used to translate various terms in Hinduism, such asBrahman.
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 梵 | 梵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) | 凡 (146) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 房戎切 | 扶泛切 |
| Baxter | bjuwng | bjomH |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨuŋ/ | /bɨɐmH/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biuŋ/ | /biɐmH/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuŋ/ | /biɐmH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buwŋ/ | /buamH/ |
| Li Rong | /biuŋ/ | /biɐmH/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭuŋ/ | /bĭwɐmH/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯uŋ/ | /bʱi̯wɐmH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | féng | fàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fung4 | faan6 |
梵
| Kanji in this term |
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| 梵 |
| ぼん Hyōgai |
| on'yomi |
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
梵• (beom) (hangeul범,revised beom,McCune–Reischauer pŏm,Yale pem)
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