佛陀

佛陀

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (佛陀)		佛	陀

Etymology

Borrowed from the pronunciation of Pali buddha or Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha) using the Middle Chinese pronunciations for 佛 (/bɨut̚/) and 陀 (/dɑ/).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fótuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ to⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fu̍t-thò
• Min Nan (POJ): Hu̍t-tô
• Wu (Wiktionary): veq du (T5); feq du (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Fótuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fortwo
    • IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ to⁴
    • Yale: faht tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ to⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² tʰɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fu̍t-thò
    • Hakka Romanization System: fud toˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁶ to²
    • IPA: /fut̚⁵ tʰo¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hu̍t-tô
    • Tâi-lô: Hu̍t-tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huddooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚⁴⁻³² to²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻²² to²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ to¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² to²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² tɤ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: veq du (T5); feq du (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /v̻əʔ¹¹ d̻v̩ʷ²³/, /fəʔ³³ d̻v̩ʷ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /bɨut̚  dɑ/▼

Rime
Character	佛	陀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	符弗切	徒河切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨut̚/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/biut̚/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/biuət̚/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/but̚/	/da/
Li Rong	/biuət̚/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/bĭuət̚/	/dɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uət̚/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	tuó

Proper noun

佛陀

1. Buddha

Synonyms

• (short form) 佛 (fó)
• 浮屠 (Fútú)
• 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛陀):

• → Japanese: 仏陀 (ぶつだ) (butsuda)
• → Korean: 불타 (佛陀, bulta)
• → Vietnamese: Phật Đà (佛陀)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
佛	陀
ぶつ Jinmeiyō	だ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝda̠]

Proper noun

佛陀 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 仏陀, hiragana ぶつだ, rōmaji Butsuda)

1. Kyūjitai form of 仏陀: Buddha

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Korean

Hanja in this term
佛	陀

Proper noun

佛陀 • (Bulta) (hangeul 불타)

1. Hanja form^? of 불타 (“Buddha”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
佛	陀

Proper noun

佛陀

1. Hán tự form of Phật Đà (“Buddha”).