閻魔

閻魔

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (閻魔)		閻	魔
simp. (阎魔)		阎	魔

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यम (yama, “Yama”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yánmó

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ mo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yánmó
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yánmó
    • Wade–Giles: Yen²-mo²
    • Yale: Yán-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yanmo
    • Palladius: Яньмо (Janʹmo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ mwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ mo¹
    • Yale: yìhm mō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ mo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ mo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ mɔː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇm  muɑ/

Rime
Character	閻	魔
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	余廉切	莫婆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇm/	/muɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛm/	/muɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/jæm/	/muɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiam/	/mwa/
Li Rong	/iɛm/	/muɑ/
Wang Li	/jĭɛm/	/muɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm/	/muɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	mó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim4	mo4

Proper noun

閻魔

1. (～王) (Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese mythology) Synonym of 閻羅／阎罗 (Yánluó, “Yama (god of the underworld)”).

Derived terms

閻魔天子／阎魔天子

閻魔王／阎魔王

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
閻	魔
えん Hyōgaiji	ま Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 閻魔 (MC jiᴇm muɑ), from Sanskrit यम (yáma), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Yámas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Yámas. Doublet of 夜摩 (Yama).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) え​んま [éꜜǹmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞mːa̠]

Proper noun

閻(えん)魔(ま) • (Enma) 

1. (Shinto): Enma, the Japanese name for Yama, the Buddhist and Chinese god who presides over naraku (hell).

Derived terms

• 閻魔王(えんまおう) (Enma Ō): King Enma
• 閻魔大王(えんまだいおう) (Enma Daiō): Great King Enma

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

• 閻魔 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Enma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia