肉髻

Chinese

		meat; flesh	hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
simp. and trad. (肉髻)		肉	髻

Etymology

Borrowed ultimately from Sanskrit उष्णीष (uṣṇīṣa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròujì

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ròujì
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ròujì
  - Wade–Giles: jou⁴-chi⁴
  - Yale: ròu-jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowjih
  - Palladius: жоуцзи (žouczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

Noun

肉髻

(Buddhism) ushnisha, the fleshy swelling or top-knot on the head in depictions of the Buddha.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (肉髻):

→ Korean: 육계(肉髻) (yukgye)

Further reading

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