沙門

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Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (21) (4)
Final () (98) (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter srae mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠa/ /muən/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚa/ /muon/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃa/ /muən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂaɨ/ /mwən/
Li
Rong
/ʃa/ /muən/
Wang
Li
/ʃa/ /muən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂa/ /muən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shā mén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
saa1 mun4

Etymology 1

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phonetic
trad. (沙門)
simp. (沙门)
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Possibly from Tocharian, likely the Tocharian A ṣāmaṃ (Ji, 1998v12). Ultimately from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa), possibly via Gandhari 𐨮𐨨𐨣 (ṣamana /⁠ʂəmənə⁠/) (see Karashima, 2010).

Noun

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沙門

  1. (Buddhism) ascetic monk
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (沙門):
  • Japanese: 沙門(しゃもん) (shamon)
  • Korean: 사문(沙門) (samun)

Etymology 2

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granule; hoarse; raspy
granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
 
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. (沙門)
simp. (沙门)
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Proper noun

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沙門

  1. (archaic) former name of the Changshan Archipelago between the Shandong and Liaoning peninsulas in northeastern China
Synonyms
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