曼珠沙華

See also: 曼殊沙華

Chinese

		handsome; large; long	pearl; bead	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (曼珠沙華)		曼	珠	沙	華
simp. (曼珠沙华)		曼	珠	沙	华

Etymology

From the name of a divine flower 曼殊沙華 (MC muɑn d͡ʑɨo ʃˠa ɦˠua|hˠua) as attested in Middle-Chinese translation of Buddhist literature, itself phono-semantic translation of a Sanskrit term (see 曼殊沙華#Etymology).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mànzhūshāhuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄓㄨ ㄕㄚ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mànzhūshāhuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄓㄨ ㄕㄚ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mànjhushahuá
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-chu¹-sha¹-hua²
    • Yale: màn-jū-shā-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannjushahwa
    • Palladius: маньчжушахуа (manʹčžušaxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ xwä³⁵/

Noun

曼珠沙華

1. red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)

Synonyms

• 石蒜
• 彼岸花 (bǐ'ànhuā)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
曼	珠	沙	華
まん Hyōgaiji	しゅ > じゅ Grade: S	しゃ Grade: S	げ Grade: S
goon	kan’on	goon

Alternative forms

• 曼殊沙華

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 曼珠沙華, from Sanskrit मञ्जूषक (mañjūṣaka).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) まんじゅ​しゃげ [màńjúꜜshàgè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) まんじゅしゃ​げ [màńjúsháꜜgè] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [mã̠n(d͡)ʑɨᵝɕa̠ɡe̞]

Noun

曼(まん)珠(じゅ)沙(しゃ)華(げ) • (manjushage) 

1. Synonym of 彼岸花 (higanbana, “Lycoris radiata (red spider lily)”)
   • 2019, Mafumafu (lyrics and music), “曼珠沙華 [Red Spider Lily]”:

     さあ、夢を 君の全てを
     ボクに委ねて
     堕落して？ 何処までも落ちて
     枯れ行く曼珠沙華

     Sā, yume o kimi no subete o
     Boku ni yudanete
     Daraku shite? Doko made mo ochite
     Kareyuku manjushage

     So please, your dreams and all of yourself
     Give them to me
     Shall we fall, into whatever place
     Where the red spider lily falls?

See also

• 文(もん)殊(じゅ) (Monju)