帝釋天

Chinese

		emperor	phonetic	day; sky; heaven
trad. (帝釋天)		帝	釋	天
simp. (帝释天)		帝	释	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dìshìtiān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dìshìtiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dìshìhtian
  - Wade–Giles: Ti⁴-shih⁴-tʻien¹
  - Yale: Dì-shr̀-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dihshyhtian
  - Palladius: Дишитянь (Dišitjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tejH syek then

Rime
Character	帝	釋	天
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	書 (26)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	昔 (123)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	IV
Fanqie	都計切	施隻切	他前切
Baxter	tejH	syek	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tei^H/	/ɕiᴇk̚/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/tei^H/	/ɕiɛk̚/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛi^H/	/ɕiæk̚/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛj^H/	/ɕiajk̚/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/tei^H/	/ɕiɛk̚/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/tiei^H/	/ɕĭɛk̚/	/tʰien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tiei^H/	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	shi	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai³	sik¹	tin¹

Proper noun

帝釋天

(Buddhism) Sakra
Synonyms: 釋提桓因 / 释提桓因 (Shìtíhuányīn), 因陀羅 / 因陀罗 (Yīntuóluó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (帝釋天):

→ Japanese: 帝釈天(たいしゃくてん) (Taishakuten)
→ Korean: 제석천(帝釋天) (Jeseokcheon)
→ Vietnamese: Đế Thích Thiên (帝釋天)