阿僧祇

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿僧祇)		阿	僧	祇

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit असंख्येय (asaṃkhyeya, “innumerable”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āsēngqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄙㄥ ㄑㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āsēngqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄙㄥ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: asengcí
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-sêng¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: ā-sēng-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: asengchyi
    • Palladius: асэнци (asɛnci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ sɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'a song gjie

Rime
Character	阿	僧	祇
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	心 (16)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	登 (129)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	烏何切	蘇增切	巨支切
Baxter	'a	song	gjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/səŋ/	/ɡiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/səŋ/	/ɡiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/səŋ/	/ɡjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/səŋ/	/giə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/səŋ/	/ɡie/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/səŋ/	/ɡǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/səŋ/	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	sēng	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1	sang1	kei4

Adjective

阿僧祇

1. (Buddhism) innumerable; immeasurable

Synonyms

• (short form) 僧祇 (sēngqí)

Derived terms

• 阿僧祇劫

Noun

阿僧祇

1. (Buddhism) asaṃkhyeya, the number 10⁵⁶ or 10^7×2103

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	僧	祇
あ Jinmeiyō	そう Grade: S	ぎ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
阿僧祇 (kyūjitai)

Noun

阿(あ)僧(そう)祇(ぎ) • (asōgi) 

1. In the traditional Japanese number system, 10⁵⁶ or one hundred septendecillion of the American system.

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
阿	僧	祇

Noun

阿僧祇 • (aseungji) (hangeul 아승지)

1. hanja form^? of 아승지

Noun

阿僧祇 • (aseunggi) (hangeul 아승기)

1. hanja form^? of 아승기