迦葉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (迦葉)		迦	葉
simp. (迦叶)		迦	叶

Etymology

From Sanskrit काश्यप (kāśyapa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jiāshè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄜˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāshè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jiashè
  - Wade–Giles: Chia¹-shê⁴
  - Yale: Jyā-shè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiasheh
  - Palladius: Цзяшэ (Czjašɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: kja|kae syep

Rime
Character	迦	迦	葉
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	戈 (96)	麻 (98)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II	III
Fanqie	居伽切	古牙切	書涉切
Baxter	kja	kae	syep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɑ/	/kˠa/	/ɕiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɑ/	/kᵚa/	/ɕiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɑ/	/ka/	/ɕjæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨa/	/kaɨ/	/ɕiap̚/
Li Rong	/kiɑ/	/ka/	/ɕiɛp̚/
Wang Li	/kǐɑ/	/ka/	/ɕĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɑ/	/ka/	/ɕi̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiē	jiā	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ge¹	gaa¹	sip³

Proper noun

迦葉

Kāśyapa (the Buddha who preceded Sakyamuni and the second Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)

Compounds

迦葉佛 / 迦叶佛 (Jiāshè fó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (迦葉):

→ Japanese: 迦葉(かしょう) (Kashō)
→ Korean: 가섭(迦葉) (Gaseop)
→ Vietnamese: Ca Diếp (迦葉)

Further reading

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