佛陀

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (佛陀)		佛	陀

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali buddha or Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Fótuó

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ to⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fu̍t-thò
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hu̍t-tô
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸veq-du; ⁷feq-du

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Fótuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Fótuó
  - Wade–Giles: Fo²-tʻo²
  - Yale: Fwó-twó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fortwo
  - Palladius: Фото (Foto)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat⁶ to⁴
  - Yale: faht tòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ to⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² tʰɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fu̍t-thò
  - Hakka Romanization System: fud to^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁶ to²
  - Sinological IPA: /fut̚⁵ tʰo¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hu̍t-tô
  - Tâi-lô: Hu̍t-tô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huddooi
  - IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² to²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² tɤ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸veq-du; ⁷feq-du
  - MiniDict: veh^入 du; feh^入 du
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵veq-du; ⁴feq-du
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ¹¹ du²³/, /fəʔ³³ du⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: bjut da

Rime
Character	佛	陀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	符弗切	徒河切
Baxter	bjut	da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨut̚/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/biut̚/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/biuət̚/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/but̚/	/da/
Li Rong	/biuət̚/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/bĭuət̚/	/dɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uət̚/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat⁶	to⁴

Proper noun

佛陀

Buddha

Synonyms

(short form) 佛 (Fó)
浮屠 (Fútú)
釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛陀):

→ Japanese: 仏(ぶつ)陀(だ) (Butsuda)
→ Korean: 불타(佛陀) (Bulta)
→ Vietnamese: Phật Đà (佛陀)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “佛陀” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佛	陀
ぶつ Jinmeiyō	だ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 佛陀 – see the following entry.

【仏陀ぶつだ】

[proper noun] (Buddhism) the Buddha

[noun] (Buddhism) a Buddha

Alternative spelling
ブッダ

(This term, 佛陀, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
佛	陀

Proper noun

佛陀 • (Bulta) (hangeul 불타)

hanja form^? of 불타 (“Buddha”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
佛	陀

Proper noun

佛陀

chữ Hán form of Phật Đà (“Buddha”)