真如

See also: 眞如

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	as (if); such as
trad. (真如/眞如)		真/眞	如
simp. (真如)		真	如

Etymology

From Sanskrit भूततथता (bhūtatathatā) or Sanskrit तथाता (tathātā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄖㄨˊ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsen-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenrú
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-ju²
    • Yale: jēn-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenru
    • Palladius: чжэньжу (čžɛnʹžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsen-zy
    • MiniDict: tsen^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsen-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

真如

1. (Buddhism) suchness

Proper noun

真如

1. Zhenru, a town in Shanghai, Putuo

Further reading

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	如
しん Grade: 3	にょ Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
眞如 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんにょ [shíꜜǹnyò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɲ̟ːo̞]

Noun

真(しん)如(にょ) • (shinnyo) 

1. (Buddhism) suchness

Synonyms

• (suchness): 実性(じっしょう) (jisshō)

Derived terms

• 自性真如(じしょうしんにょ) (jishōshinnyo)
• 真如縁起(しんにょえんぎ) (shinnyoengi)
• 真如親王(しんにょしんのう) (shinnyoshinnō)
• 真如(しんにょ)の月(つき) (shinnyonotsuki)
• 随縁真如(ずいえんしんにょ) (zuienshinnyo)
• 不変真如(ふへんしんにょ) (fuhenshinnyo)

References

• “真如”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
真	如

Noun

真如 • (jinyeo) (hangeul 진여)

1. alternative form of 眞如 (“(Buddhism) suchness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
真	如

Noun

真如

1. chữ Hán form of chân như (“(Buddhism) suchness”)