浮屠

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(浮屠)
浮 屠
alternative forms 浮圖/浮图

Etymology

An early loanword into Middle Chinese. Possible sources include Bactrian Βοδδο (Boddo, “the Buddha”) or a historical Prakrit, cf. Gandhari 𐨦𐨂𐨢𐨂 (budhu) (Ji, 1998v7). For the conflation of words for Buddhist stupas and for the Buddha, see also English pagoda.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 浮 屠
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 縛謀切 同都切
Baxter bjuw du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨu/ /duo/
Pan
Wuyun
/biu/ /duo/
Shao
Rongfen
/biəu/ /do/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buw/ /dɔ/
Li
Rong
/biu/ /do/
Wang
Li
/bĭəu/ /du/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ə̯u/ /dʱuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fóu tú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau4 tou4

Proper noun

浮屠

  1. Buddha
  2. (~鎮) Futu (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)

Synonyms

Noun

浮屠

  1. Buddhist monk
  2. Buddhist stupa

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle Chinese

  • → Proto-Koreanic: *Pwutukye
    • Old Korean: 佛體 (*PWUthye?)
      • Middle Korean: 부텨 (Pwùthyè)
      • ⇒ Middle Korean: 부톄〯 (Pwùthyěy)
        • Gyeongsang Korean: 부체 (Buche)
        • Pyongan Korean: 부테 (Bute)
        • Jeju: 푼체 (Punche)
    • → Old Japanese: 佛 (poto2ke2)
      • Japanese: 仏 (hotoke)
    • → Proto-Jurchenic: *puciki
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