悉曇

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (悉曇)		悉	曇
simp. (悉昙)		悉	昙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xītán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄊㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xītán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sitán
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-tʻan²
    • Yale: syī-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shitarn
    • Palladius: ситань (sitanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ tʰän³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sit dom

Rime
Character	悉	曇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	息七切	徒含切
Baxter	sit	dom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪt̚/	/dʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/sit̚/	/dəm/
Shao Rongfen	/sjet̚/	/dɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sit̚/	/dəm/
Li Rong	/siĕt̚/	/dᴀm/
Wang Li	/sĭĕt̚/	/dɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ĕt̚/	/dʱăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi	tán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sat1	taam4

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिद्धं (siddhaṃ).

Noun

悉曇

1. (～文, ～文字) Siddham script

Derived terms

• 悉曇學／悉昙学

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिद्धांत (siddhāṃta).

Noun

悉曇

1. (Buddhism) Alternative form of 悉檀 (“siddhanta; tenet”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悉	曇
しつ > しっ Jinmeiyō	たん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 悉曇文字(しったんもじ) (Shittan moji, literally “Siddham script”)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 悉曇 (MC sit dom), from Sanskrit सिद्धं (siddhaṃ).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しったん [shìttáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕit̚tã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

悉(しっ)曇(たん) • (Shittan) ^{←しつたん (situtan)?}

1. Siddham, a Sanskrit writing system. Used (still occasionally today) in Japanese Buddhism.

Synonyms

• 梵字(ぼんじ) (bonji)

Hypernyms

• 梵字(ぼんじ) (bonji)