法界

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (法界)		法	界

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मधातु (dharmadhātu), comprised of धर्म (“dharma”) +‎ धातु (“expanse”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-kài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎjiè
  - Wade–Giles: fa³-chieh⁴
  - Yale: fǎ-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faajieh
  - Palladius: фацзе (facze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-kài
  - Tâi-lô: huat-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoatkaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ kai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ kai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ kai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ kai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ kai²¹/

Middle Chinese: pjop keajH

Rime
Character	法	界
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	乏 (148)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	方乏切	古拜切
Baxter	pjop	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨɐp̚/	/kˠɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/piɐp̚/	/kᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/piɐp̚/	/kɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puap̚/	/kəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/piɐp̚/	/kɛi^H/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐp̚/	/kɐi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐp̚/	/kăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fa	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat³	gaai³

Noun

法界

(Buddhism) dharmadhatu

Derived terms

事法界
四法界
理法界

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法界):

→ Japanese: 法界(ほうかい) (hōkai)
→ Korean: 법계(法界) (beopgye)
→ Vietnamese: pháp giới (法界)

Further reading

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
法	界

Noun

法界 • (beopgye) (hangeul 법계)

hanja form^? of 법계 (“dharmadhatu”)