文殊師利

文殊師利

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (文殊師利)		文殊	師利
simp. (文殊师利)		文殊	师利

Etymology

From Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wénshūshīlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄕ ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wénshūshīlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄕ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnshushihlì
    • Wade–Giles: Wên²-shu¹-shih¹-li⁴
    • Yale: Wén-shū-shr̄-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenshushylih
    • Palladius: Вэньшушили (Vɛnʹšušili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɨun  d͡ʑɨo  ʃˠiɪ  liɪ^H/

Rime
Character	文	殊	師	利
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	常 (25)	生 (21)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	虞 (24)	脂 (17)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	無分切	市朱切	疏夷切	力至切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/	/d͡ʑɨo/	/ʃˠiɪ/	/liɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/	/d͡ʑio/	/ʃᵚi/	/liH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/	/d͡ʑio/	/ʃiɪ/	/ljɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/	/d͡ʑuə̆/	/ʂji/	/liH/
Li Rong	/miuən/	/ʑio/	/ʃji/	/liH/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/	/ʑĭu/	/ʃi/	/liH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/	/ʑi̯u/	/ʂi/	/liH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén	chú	shī	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4	syu4	si1	lei6

Proper noun

文殊師利

1. (Buddhism) Manjushri (bodhisattva associated with prajñā in Mahayana Buddhism)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文殊師利):

• → Japanese: 文(もん)殊(じゅ)師(し)利(り) (Monjushiri)
• → Korean: 문수사리(文殊師利) (Munsusari)
• → Vietnamese: Văn-thù-sư-lợi (文殊師利)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “文殊師利” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	殊	師	利
もん Grade: 1	じゅ Grade: S	し Grade: 5	り Grade: 4
goon

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• IPA^(key): [mõ̞n(d͡)ʑɨᵝɕiɾʲi]

Proper noun

文(もん)殊(じゅ)師(し)利(り) • (Monjushiri) 

1. (Buddhism) Manjushri (bodhisattva associated with prajñā in Mahayana Buddhism)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
文	殊	師	利

Proper noun

文殊師利 • (Munsusari) (hangeul 문수사리)

1. Hanja form^? of 문수사리 (“Manjushri”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
文	殊	師	利

Proper noun

文殊師利

1. chữ Hán form of Văn-thù-sư-lợi (“Manjushri”).