衆生済度

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衆 生 済 度
しゅ
Grade: 6 		じょう
Grade: 1 		さい
Grade: 6 		ど
Grade: 3
goon
Alternative spelling
衆生濟度 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

By surface analysis, 衆生 (shujō, “the masses”) +‎ 済度 (saido, “salvation”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しゅじょーさいど [shùjóósáꜜìdò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨʑo̞ːsa̠ido̞]

Noun

衆(しゅ)生(じょう)済(さい)度(ど) • (shujōsaido) 

  1. (Buddhism) the guidance of the masses towards enlightenment and their salvation from suffering; as by e.g. a bodhisattva

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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