夜摩天

Chinese

			day; sky; heaven
trad. (夜摩天)		夜摩	天
simp. ^#(夜摩天)		夜摩	天

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit याम (yāma) + Chinese 天 (tiān, “heaven”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yèmótiān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yèmótiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yèmótian
  - Wade–Giles: Yeh⁴-mo²-tʻien¹
  - Yale: Yè-mwó-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yehmotian
  - Palladius: Емотянь (Jemotjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: yaeH ma|maH then

Rime
Character	夜	摩	摩	天
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	明 (4)	明 (4)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I	I	IV
Fanqie	羊謝切	莫婆切	摸卧切	他前切
Baxter	yaeH	ma	maH	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jia^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/jia^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/ia^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jia^H/	/mwa/	/mwa^H/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/ia^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/jĭa^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/tʰien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯a^H/	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè	mó	mò	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je⁶	mo⁴	mo⁶	tin¹

Proper noun

夜摩天

(Buddhism) Yāma (third of the six heavens in the Realm of Desire).
Synonyms: 炎摩天, 唱樂天 / 唱乐天, 時分天 / 时分天

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (夜摩天):

→ Japanese: 夜(や)摩(ま)天(てん) (yamaten)
→ Korean: 야마천(夜摩天) (yamacheon)