迦葉佛

Chinese

		Kāśyapa	Buddha; Buddhism
trad. (迦葉佛)		迦葉	佛
simp. (迦叶佛)		迦叶	佛

Etymology

From Sanskrit काश्यप (kāśyapa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiāshè fó

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄜˋ ㄈㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāshè fó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄜˋ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiashè fó
    • Wade–Giles: Chia¹-shê⁴ fo²
    • Yale: Jyā-shè fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiasheh for
    • Palladius: Цзяшэ фо (Czjašɛ fo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kja|kae yep|syep bjut

Rime
Character	迦	迦	葉	葉	佛
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	以 (36)	書 (26)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	戈 (96)	麻 (98)	葉 (155)	葉 (155)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	II	III	III	III
Fanqie	居伽切	古牙切	與涉切	書涉切	符弗切
Baxter	kja	kae	yep	syep	bjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɑ/	/kˠa/	/jiᴇp̚/	/ɕiᴇp̚/	/bɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɑ/	/kᵚa/	/jiɛp̚/	/ɕiɛp̚/	/biut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɑ/	/ka/	/jæp̚/	/ɕjæp̚/	/biuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨa/	/kaɨ/	/jiap̚/	/ɕiap̚/	/but̚/
Li Rong	/kiɑ/	/ka/	/iɛp̚/	/ɕiɛp̚/	/biuət̚/
Wang Li	/kǐɑ/	/ka/	/jĭɛp̚/	/ɕĭɛp̚/	/bĭuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɑ/	/ka/	/i̯ɛp̚/	/ɕi̯ɛp̚/	/bʱi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiē	jiā	yè	she	fú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ge1	gaa1	jip6	sip3	fat6

Proper noun

迦葉佛

1. Kāśyapa Buddha (the Buddha who preceded Sakyamuni and the second Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)

Further reading

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