梵

梵 U+68B5, 梵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68B5
← 梴
[U+68B4]
CJK Unified Ideographs 梶 →
[U+68B6]

Translingual

Han character

梵 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹弓戈 (DDHNI), four-corner 44217, composition ⿱林凡)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14888
  • Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1210, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+68B5

Chinese

trad. 梵
simp. # 梵

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *bloms, *bum) : semantic 林 (“forest”) + phonetic 凡 (OC *bom) – lush. Originally a variant form of 芃 (OC *boːŋ, *bum).

Etymology

As a word for transcribing Indic languages, the reading 梵 (MC bjomH) probably derives from Gandhari and transcribes the syllables such as bram̄(a), bra(m)m-, etc. (Bailey, 1946) in words like 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨸 (bram̄a, “Brahma”), 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa, “a brahmin”), and it appears in the classical Chinese lexicon in 梵天 (“Brahma, name of a deity”), 梵志 (“a person dedicated to religion”), 梵行 (“good, pure conduct”), etc. The sense for "Sanskrit" originally refers to its status as a religious language. In modern usage, it is also used to translate various terms in Hinduism, such as Brahman.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 梵 梵
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 東 (2) 凡 (146)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 房戎切 扶泛切
Baxter bjuwng bjomH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨuŋ/ /bɨɐmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/biuŋ/ /biɐmH/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuŋ/ /biɐmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buwŋ/ /buamH/
Li
Rong
/biuŋ/ /biɐmH/
Wang
Li
/bĭuŋ/ /bĭwɐmH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯uŋ/ /bʱi̯wɐmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
féng fàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fung4 faan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 梵 梵
Reading # 2/2 1/2
No. 2932 2918
Phonetic
component
凡 凡
Rime
group
侵 談
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
馮 梵
Old
Chinese
/*bum/ /*bloms/
Notes 見漢碑

Definitions

梵

  1. † lush; luxuriant
  2. (Hinduism) Brahman; the ultimate reality in the universe (concept in Hinduism)
  3. (figurative) quiet; peaceful; undisturbed
  4. of or pertaining to Buddhism; Buddhist
  5. of or pertaining to ancient India or the Sanskrit language; Indian
  6. (Buddhism) to chant sutras; to recite sutras
  7. (Buddhism) sound of sutra chanting
  8. a surname

Compounds

  • 仙梵
  • 作梵
  • 午梵
  • 四月梵
  • 四梵
  • 四梵天
  • 大梵天
  • 曉梵/晓梵
  • 梵世
  • 梵事
  • 梵亞林/梵亚林
  • 梵侶/梵侣
  • 梵俗
  • 梵偈
  • 梵僧
  • 梵像
  • 梵冊/梵册
  • 梵冊貝葉/梵册贝叶
  • 梵刹
  • 梵剎/梵刹
  • 梵咒
  • 梵唄/梵呗 (fànbài)
  • 梵唱 (fànchàng)
  • 梵啞鈴/梵哑铃 (fànyǎlíng)
  • 梵土
  • 梵坊
  • 梵城
  • 梵堂
  • 梵塔
  • 梵境
  • 梵天 (fàntiān)
  • 梵天王
  • 梵夾/梵夹
  • 梵婀玲 (fàn'ēlíng)
  • 梵嫂
  • 梵字
  • 梵學/梵学
  • 梵宇 (fànyǔ)
  • 梵客
  • 梵室
  • 梵容
  • 梵宮/梵宫
  • 梵家
  • 梵寂
  • 梵居
  • 梵屧
  • 梵山
  • 梵帙
  • 梵帝
  • 梵席
  • 梵庋
  • 梵心
  • 梵志
  • 梵我一如
  • 梵摩天
  • 梵教
  • 梵文 (fànwén)
  • 梵方
  • 梵書/梵书
  • 梵服
  • 梵本 (fànběn)
  • 梵林
  • 梵梵
  • 梵樓/梵楼
  • 梵樂/梵乐
  • 梵樹/梵树
  • 梵殿
  • 梵氏
  • 梵法
  • 梵王
  • 梵王字
  • 梵王宅
  • 梵王宮/梵王宫
  • 梵王家
  • 梵王燈/梵王灯
  • 梵界
  • 梵皇 (Fànhuáng)
  • 梵相
  • 梵眾/梵众
  • 梵眾天/梵众天
  • 梵磬
  • 梵神
  • 梵秘
  • 梵策
  • 梵筵
  • 梵筴/梵策
  • 梵經/梵经
  • 梵聲/梵声
  • 梵花
  • 梵莢/梵荚
  • 梵蒂岡/梵蒂冈 (fàndìgāng)
  • 梵行
  • 梵行先生
  • 梵表
  • 梵衲
  • 梵襟
  • 梵言
  • 梵語/梵语 (fànyǔ, “Sanskrit”)
  • 梵誦/梵诵
  • 梵譯/梵译 (fànyì)
  • 梵谷 (fàngǔ)
  • 梵貝/梵贝 (fànbèi)
  • 梵蹟/梵迹
  • 梵輔天/梵辅天
  • 梵輪/梵轮
  • 梵迹
  • 梵道
  • 梵部
  • 梵釋/梵释
  • 梵鈴/梵铃
  • 梵鐘/梵钟
  • 梵門/梵门
  • 梵閣/梵阁
  • 梵雲/梵云
  • 梵音 (fànyīn)
  • 梵響/梵响
  • 梵館/梵馆
  • 梵香
  • 梵高 (fàngāo)
  • 清梵
  • 演梵
  • 琳宮梵宇/琳宫梵宇
  • 薄伽梵 (Bóqiéfàn)
  • 螺髻梵志
  • 讚梵/赞梵
  • 貝梵/贝梵
  • 釋梵/释梵
  • 鍾梵/钟梵
  • 鐘梵/钟梵
  • 高梵
  • 魚梵/鱼梵

References

Japanese

Kanji

梵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: ぼん (bon)
  • Kan-on: はん (han)

Compounds

Kanji in this term
梵
ぼん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

梵(ぼん) • (bon) 

  1. Abbreviation of 梵語.

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 梵 • (beom) (hangeul 범, revised beom, McCune–Reischauer pŏm, Yale pem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梵: Hán Nôm readings: phạn, phạm

  1. Brahma
  2. Sanskrit
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