夜叉

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Chinese

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phonetic
simp. and trad.
(夜叉)
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (36) (19)
Final () (100) (98)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter yaeH tsrhae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiaH/ /t͡ʃʰˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiaH/ /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/iaH/ /t͡ʃʰa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiaH/ /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨ/
Li
Rong
/iaH/ /t͡ʃʰa/
Wang
Li
/jĭaH/ /t͡ʃʰa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯aH/ /ʈ͡ʂʰa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
je6 caa1

Noun

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夜叉

  1. (Buddhism) yaksha (a malevolent spirit)
  2. (by extension) a ferocious and hideous looking person
  3. (figurative, humorous, dated) wife

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (夜叉):
  • Japanese: ()(しゃ) (yasha)
  • Korean: 야차(夜叉) (yacha)
  • Vietnamese: dạ-xoa (夜叉)

Japanese

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夜叉 (yasha): a male and female yaksha.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
しゃ
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 夜叉 (H cha?), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(しゃ) (yashaやしや (yasya)?

  1. yaksha, a broad class of nature spirits or minor deities who appear in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology. May be male or female, benevolent or malevolent.
  2. (Buddhism) in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings), and guardians of the north
  3. (figurative) a demon
    あの(おんな)()(おこ)とまさに夜叉(やしゃ)ようだよ。
    Ano onna no ko wa okoru to masa ni yasha no yō da yo.
    When that girl gets angry, she's a real demon.

Idioms

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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夜叉 (yacha) (hangeul 야차)

  1. hanja form? of 야차 (yaksha)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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夜叉

  1. chữ Hán form of dạ-xoa (yaksha).