眾生

See also: 衆生 and 众生

Chinese

numerous; multitude; crowd
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (眾生/衆生) 眾/衆 生
simp. (众生) 众 生

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 眾 生 生
Reading # 2/2 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 生 (21) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 東 (2) 庚 (109) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III II II
Fanqie 之仲切 所庚切 所敬切
Baxter tsyuwngH sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕɨuŋH/ /ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiuŋH/ /ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiuŋH/ /ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cuwŋH/ /ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiuŋH/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭuŋH/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯uŋH/ /ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhòng shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zung3 sang1 sang3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眾 生 生 生
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhòng shēng shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyuwngH › ‹ sræng › ‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*tuŋ-s/ /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
English numerous bear, be born; live fresh, raw bear, be born; live

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 眾 生 生
Reading # 2/2 1/2 2/2
No. 17491 11312 11322
Phonetic
component
衆 生 生
Rime
group
終 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
衆 生 生
Old
Chinese
/*tjuŋs/ /*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/
Notes 甲文象日下三人,
金文或改目下,
表衆人在監督下勞作

Noun

眾生

  1. (Buddhism) all living things
    博愛眾生/博爱众生  ―  bó'ài zhòngshēng  ―  to universally love all living things
  2. the masses
  3. all animals, except humans
  4. (offensive) bugger
  5. Alternative form of 眾牲/众牲 (“livestock, animal”)

Derived terms

  • 一切眾生/一切众生
  • 普度眾生/普度众生
  • 普渡眾生/普渡众生
  • 普濟眾生/普济众生
  • 眾生好度,人難度/众生好度,人难度
  • 眾生皆有佛性/众生皆有佛性
  • 眾生相/众生相 (zhòngshēngxiàng)
  • 芸芸眾生/芸芸众生 (yúnyúnzhòngshēng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (眾生):
  • → Japanese: 衆(しゅ)生(じょう) (shujō)
  • → Korean: 중생(衆生/眾生) (jungsaeng( 衆生 / 眾生 ))
  • → Vietnamese: chúng sinh (眾生)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眾 生
しゅ
Hyōgaiji
しょう > じょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

眾(しゅ)生(じょう) • (shujō) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 衆生

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
眾生

Noun

眾生

  1. chữ Hán form of chúng sinh (“living beings; all living creatures”).
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