空門

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (空門)		空	門
simp. (空门)		空	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄇㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongmén
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-mên²
    • Yale: kūng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongmen
    • Palladius: кунмэнь (kunmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵/

Noun

空門

1. Buddhism

   • 性無有相，亦無有門，故云：『無門為法門。』亦名『空門』，亦名『色門』。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     性无有相，亦无有门，故云：『无门为法门。』亦名『空门』，亦名『色门』。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《宗鏡錄》卷一

     Xìng wú yǒu xiàng, yì wú yǒu mén, gù yún: ‘Wú mén wèi fǎmén.’ Yì míng ‘kōngmén’, yì míng ‘sè mén’. [Pinyin]

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2. Buddhism uses the method of emptiness to enter nirvana

   Antonym: 有門／有门 (yǒumén)

3. One of the four sects of Tiantai
4. sangha

   • 劉秉忠氣剛以直，學富而文，雖晦跡於空門，每潛心於聖道。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     刘秉忠气刚以直，学富而文，虽晦迹于空门，每潜心于圣道。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《釋氏稽古略續集．卷一》

     Liú Bǐngzhōng qì gāng yǐ zhí, xué fù ér wén, suī huìjì yú kōngmén, měi qiánxīn yú shèng dào. [Pinyin]

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5. empty house

Derived words

• 遁入空門／遁入空门 (dùnrùkōngmén)
• 闖空門／闯空门

 

References

• “Entry #78759”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	門
くう Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くうもん [kùúmóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ːmõ̞ɴ]

Noun

空(くう)門(もん) • (kūmon) 

1. Buddhism uses the method of emptiness to enter nirvana
2. One of the four sects of Tiantai
3. Buddhism

Derived words

• 空(くう)門(もん)子(し) (kūmonshi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
空	門

Noun

空門 • (gongmun) (hangeul 공문)

1. hanja form^? of 공문