符水

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Chinese

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mark; sign; talisman
mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond (to); tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide
 
water; river
trad. (符水)
simp. #(符水)

Etymology

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() is short for 符籙符箓 (fúlù, mysterious writing used by Daoists to fight against ghosts and spirits). A Daoist priest would burn writing which was deemed to have magical properties, and then mix the ashes with water. This water was believed to have healing powers. Zhang Jue (d. 184), the leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion gave out this water during the outbreak of an epidemic disease. In this way, he attracted a large following, which eventually led to the rebellion.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (26)
Final () (24) (18)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bju sywijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨo/ /ɕˠiuɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/bio/ /ɕʷᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/bio/ /ɕiuɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buə̆/ /ɕjwiX/
Li
Rong
/bio/ /ɕjuiX/
Wang
Li
/bĭu/ /ɕwiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯u/ /ɕwiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shuǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fu4 seoi2

Noun

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符水

  1. magic water (usually mixed with the ashes of a burnt Taoist fulu (written talisman)); charmed water

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (符水):
  • Vietnamese: phù thuỷ (符水)