方丈

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Chinese

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square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 
zhang (unit of measurement)
simp. and trad.
(方丈)

Etymology

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“narrow-minded person”
From the abbot of the Shaolin temple, a character in Stephen Chow's movie The God of Cookery (1996, portrayed by Tats Lau), who was very narrow-minded despite being a monk. See 方丈份人好小氣方丈份人好小气 for more.

Pronunciation

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Note: toneless - usually the Buddhist senses.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (1) (11)
Final () (106) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter pjang drjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʉɐŋ/ /ɖɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʷiɐŋ/ /ɖiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuɑŋ/ /ȡiɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puaŋ/ /ɖɨaŋX/
Li
Rong
/piuaŋ/ /ȡiaŋX/
Wang
Li
/pĭwaŋ/ /ȡĭaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/piwaŋ/ /ȡʱi̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fāng zhàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fong1 zoeng6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fāng zhàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjang › ‹ drjangX ›
Old
Chinese
/*C-paŋ/ /*[d]raŋʔ/
English square ten feet

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 3023 16836
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*paŋ/ /*daŋʔ/
Notes

Noun

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方丈

  1. (literary) square with side length of 1 zhang
  2. (literary) a square-zhang table full of food; plentiful food
  3. (Buddhism) abbot's room or quarter, i.e. a small square-zhang room, as Vimalakīrti's room is described in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra
    1. (by extension) residence of Buddhist abbots, including the bedroom and its accessory facilities
    2. (by extension) Buddhist abbot
    3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) narrow-minded person; petty person

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Classifier

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方丈

  1. Classifier for the number of areas covered by a square of side length 1 zhang.

Proper noun

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方丈

  1. (Chinese mythology) a mystical mountain island in the sea
    Synonym: 方壺方壶
    See also: 蓬萊, 瀛洲

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 2
じょう
Grade: S
on'yomi goon
 方丈 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ほう)(じょう) (hōjōはうぢやう (faudyau)?

  1. a square (); an enclosed area 3.03 by 3.03 meters in size
  2. such a room or building; often inhabited by Buddhist monks

References

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  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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方丈 (bangjang) (hangeul 방장)

  1. hanja form? of 방장