梵天

Chinese

		Brahma; Sanskrit	day; sky; heaven
trad. (梵天)		梵	天
simp. #(梵天)		梵	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fàntiān, Fántiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶ tin¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ve-thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fàntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàntian
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴-tʻien¹
    • Yale: fàn-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanntian
    • Palladius: фаньтянь (fanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fántiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fántian
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: fán-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farntian
    • Palladius: фаньтянь (fanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁶ tin¹
    • Yale: faahn tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁶ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²² tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve-thi
    • MiniDict: ve^去 thi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² tʰi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bjomH then

Rime
Character	梵	天
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	凡 (146)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	扶泛切	他前切
Baxter	bjomH	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨɐmH/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/biɐmH/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/biɐmH/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buamH/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/biɐmH/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐmH/	/tʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐmH/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fàn	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan6	tin1

Proper noun

梵天

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Brahma

Derived terms

• 大梵天
• 梵天外道

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (梵天):

• → Japanese: 梵天(ぼんてん) (Bonten)
• → Korean: 범천(梵天) (Beomcheon)
• → Vietnamese: Phạm Thiên (梵天)

Further reading

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梵	天
ぼん Hyōgaiji	てん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ब्रह्मा (brahmā).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼんてん [bòńtéń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ぼんて​ん [bòńtéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [bõ̞ntẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

梵(ぼん)天(てん) • (Bonten) 

1. Brahma

Korean

Hanja in this term
梵	天

Proper noun

梵天 • (Beomcheon) (hangeul 범천)

1. Hanja form^? of 범천 (“Brahma”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
梵	天

Proper noun

梵天

1. chữ Hán form of Phạm Thiên (“Brahma”).