釋迦文尼

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (釋迦文尼)		釋	迦	文	尼
simp. (释迦文尼)		释	迦	文	尼

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाक्यमुनि (Śākyamuni, “sage of the Śākyas”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shìjiāwénní

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄨㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shìjiāwénní
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄨㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shìhjiawúnní
  - Wade–Giles: Shih⁴-chia¹-wên²-ni²
  - Yale: Shr̀-jyā-wén-ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyhjiawenni
  - Palladius: Шицзявэньни (Šiczjavɛnʹni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ wən³⁵ ni³⁵/

Middle Chinese: syek kja|kae mjun nrij

Rime
Character	釋	迦	迦	文	尼
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	見 (28)	見 (28)	明 (4)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	戈 (96)	麻 (98)	文 (59)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	II	III	III
Fanqie	施隻切	居伽切	古牙切	無分切	女夷切
Baxter	syek	kja	kae	mjun	nrij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇk̚/	/kɨɑ/	/kˠa/	/mɨun/	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛk̚/	/kiɑ/	/kᵚa/	/miun/	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæk̚/	/kiɑ/	/ka/	/miuən/	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajk̚/	/kɨa/	/kaɨ/	/mun/	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛk̚/	/kiɑ/	/ka/	/miuən/	/nji/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛk̚/	/kǐɑ/	/ka/	/mĭuən/	/ni/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/ki̯ɑ/	/ka/	/mi̯uən/	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	jiē	jiā	wén	ní
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik¹	ge¹	gaa¹	man⁴	nei⁴

Proper noun

釋迦文尼

(Buddhism, archaic, now rare) Śākyamuni; Gautama Buddha
Synonyms: 釋迦牟尼 / 释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní), 釋迦文 / 释迦文 (Shìjiāwén), 能仁 (Néngrén)