能仁

Chinese

 
ability; can; may
ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
humane; kernel
trad. (能仁) 能 仁
simp. #(能仁) 能 仁

Etymology

Sakyamuni

Calque of Sanskrit शाक्यमुनि (Śākyamuni, “sage of the Śākyas”), where शाक्य (Śākya) is read as a derivation of शक् (śak, “capable, to be able”). Displaced by the transliteration 釋迦牟尼/释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní) in later translations.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

能仁

  1. (~鄉) Nengren (a township in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China)
  2. (Buddhism, archaic) Śākyamuni; Gautama Buddha
    Synonyms: 釋迦牟尼/释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní), 釋迦文/释迦文 (Shìjiāwén)

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