浮屠

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Chinese

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phonetic
simp. and trad.
(浮屠)
alternative forms 浮圖浮图
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Etymology

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An early loanword into Middle Chinese. Possible sources include Bactrian Βοδδο (Boddo, the Buddha) or Middle-Indic, cf. Gandhari 𐨦𐨂𐨢𐨂 (budhu) (Ji, 1998v7). For the conflation of words for Buddhist stupas and for the Buddha, see also English pagoda.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (3) (7)
Final () (136) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter bjuw du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨu/ /duo/
Pan
Wuyun
/biu/ /duo/
Shao
Rongfen
/biəu/ /do/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buw/ /dɔ/
Li
Rong
/biu/ /do/
Wang
Li
/bĭəu/ /du/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ə̯u/ /dʱuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau4 tou4

Proper noun

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浮屠

  1. Buddha
  2. () Futu (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)

Synonyms

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Noun

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浮屠

  1. Buddhist monk
  2. Buddhist stupa

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Middle Chinese

Sino-Xenic (浮屠):
  • Vietnamese: phù đồ (浮屠)
  • Proto-Koreanic: *Pwutukye