修羅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (修羅)		修	羅
simp. (修罗)		修	罗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiūluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ lo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiūluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siouluó
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiu¹-lo²
    • Yale: Syōu-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiouluo
    • Palladius: Сюло (Sjulo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ lo⁴
    • Yale: sāu lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/

Proper noun

修羅

1. Short for 阿修羅／阿修罗 (āxiūluó, “asura”).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
修	羅
しゅ Grade: 5	ら Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

修(しゅ)羅(ら) • (shura) 

1. (Buddhism) Asura (a demigod of the lowest class)

   Synonym: 阿修羅 (ashura)

2. (Buddhism) short for 修羅道 (shuradō, “realm of Asura; one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhism”).
3. carnage, a bloodbath
4. a cart for carrying large rocks or wood

   Synonym: 修羅車 (shuraguruma)

Derived terms

• 修羅場(しゅらじょう) (shurajō, “scene of battle among Asuras”, Buddhism)
• 修羅場(しゅらば) (shuraba, “scene of carnage”)
• 修羅(しゅら)の巷(ちまた) (shura no chimata, “scene of a fierce battle”)
• 修羅物(しゅらもの) (shuramono, “shura mono”, a type of noh)
• 修羅霊(しゅられい) (shurarei, “the spirit of a demi-god or of a demi-demon”)

Further reading

• Glossary of Buddhism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia