法身

Chinese

 
law; method; way
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
 
body; torso; person
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (法身) 法 身
simp. #(法身) 法 身
anagram 身法

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मकाय (dharmakāya, “law body”) or Pali dhammakāya. The Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་སྐུ (chos sku).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 法 身
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 凡 (148) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 方乏切 失人切
Baxter pjop syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨɐp̚/ /ɕiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/piɐp̚/ /ɕin/
Shao
Rongfen
/piɐp̚/ /ɕjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puap̚/ /ɕin/
Li
Rong
/piɐp̚/ /ɕiĕn/
Wang
Li
/pĭwɐp̚/ /ɕĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯wɐp̚/ /ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fa shēn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faat3 san1

Noun

法身

  1. (Buddhism) dharmakaya

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法身):
  • → Japanese: 法身(ほっしん) (hosshin); 法身(ほうしん) (hōshin)
  • → Korean: 법신(法身) (beopsin)
  • → Vietnamese: pháp thân (法身)

Further reading

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