梵天

Chinese
Brahma; Sanskrit day; sky; heaven
trad. (梵天) 梵 天
simp. #(梵天) 梵 天

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 梵 天
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 凡 (146) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 扶泛切 他前切
Baxter bjomH then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bɨɐmH/ /tʰen/
Pan
Wuyun		 /biɐmH/ /tʰen/
Shao
Rongfen		 /biɐmH/ /tʰɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /buamH/ /tʰɛn/
Li
Rong		 /biɐmH/ /tʰen/
Wang
Li		 /bĭwɐmH/ /tʰien/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi̯wɐmH/ /tʰien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fàn tiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 faan6 tin1

Proper noun

梵天

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Brahma

Derived terms
  • 大梵天
  • 梵天外道

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (梵天):

Further reading

Japanese
Kanji in this term
梵 天
ぼん
Hyōgaiji		 てん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ब्रह्मा (brahmā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

梵(ぼん)天(てん) • (Bonten) 

  1. Brahma

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
梵天

Proper noun

梵天 • (Beomcheon) (hangeul 범천)

  1. Hanja form? of 범천 (“Brahma”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
梵天

Proper noun

梵天

  1. chữ Hán form of Phạm Thiên (“Brahma”).
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