普賢

Chinese

		general; popular; everywhere general; popular; everywhere; universal	worthy (person)
trad. (普賢)		普	賢
simp. (普贤)		普	贤

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit समन्तभद्र (samantabhadra, literally “universal worthy”), from समन्त (samanta, “universal, adjacent”) + भद्र (bhadra, “good”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pǔxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pǔxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pǔsián
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻu³-hsien²
    • Yale: Pǔ-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Puushyan
    • Palladius: Пусянь (Pusjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phuX hen

Rime
Character	普	賢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	滂古切	胡田切
Baxter	phuX	hen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuoX/	/ɦen/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuoX/	/ɦen/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰoX/	/ɣɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɔX/	/ɦɛn/
Li Rong	/pʰoX/	/ɣen/
Wang Li	/pʰuX/	/ɣien/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰuoX/	/ɣien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pǔ	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou2	jin4

Proper noun

普賢

1. (Buddhism) (～菩薩) Samantabhadra bodhisattva

   Synonym: 三曼多跋陀羅／三曼多跋陀罗

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “普賢” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
普	賢
ふ Grade: S	げん Grade: S
goon

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 普賢 (pʰuo^X ɦen, literally “Universally Worthy”), from Sanskrit समन्तभद्र (samantabhadra).

Proper noun

普(ふ)賢(げん) • (Fugen) 

1. Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva)

   普(ふ)賢(げん)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ)

   Fugen Bosatsu

   Samantabhadra Bodhisattva

   普(ふ)賢(げん)大(だい)士(し)

   Fugen Daishi

   Master Samantabhadra

See also

• フゲンゾウ (Fugenzō)