曼珠沙華

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

Phono-semantic matching of Sanskrit मञ्जूषक (mañjūṣaka, “name of a species of celestial flower”).

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 xu̯ä³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 曼珠沙華

1. red spider lily ()

Synonyms

• 石蒜
• 彼岸花 (bǐ'ànhuā)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
曼	珠	沙	華
まん Hyōgai	しゅ > じゅ Grade: S	しゃ Grade: S	げ Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 曼殊沙華

Etymology

From Chinese 曼珠沙華／曼珠沙华 (mànzhūshāhuá), from Sanskrit मञ्जूषक (mañjūṣaka)

Noun

曼(まん)珠(じゅ)沙(しゃ)華(げ) or 曼珠沙華(マンジュシャゲ) • (manjushage) 

1. Synonym of 彼岸花 (higanbana, “ (red spider lily)”)

See also

• 文(もん)殊(じゅ) (Monju)