梵

梵	U+68B5, 梵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68B5

← 梴
[U+68B4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

梶 →
[U+68B6]

Translingual

Han character

梵 (radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹弓戈 (DDHNI), four-corner 4421₇, composition ⿱林凡)

References

KangXi: page 531, character 9

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14888

Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1210, character 5

Unihan data for U+68B5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		梵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (凡) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
嵐	*b·ruːm
葻	*b·uːm
釩	*pʰomʔ
汎	pʰoms, bum
凡	*bom
帆	bom, boms
颿	bom, boms
軓	*bomʔ
梵	bloms, bum
芃	boːŋ, bum
風	plum, plums
飌	*plum
楓	*plum
猦	*plum
偑	*plum
檒	*plum
瘋	*plum
諷	*plums
堸	*blum
渢	*blum
鳳	*bums

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bloms, *bum) : semantic 林 (“forest”) + phonetic 凡 (OC *bom) – lush. Originally a variant form of 芃 (OC *boːŋ, *bum).

Etymology

The religious sense “Brahman” is short for 梵摩 (MC bɨɐm^H muɑ), 梵覽摩 (MC bɨɐm^H lɑm^X muɑ), from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (brahman, “Brahman”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fàn (fan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴, faan⁶
Min Dong (BUC): huáng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hoān

(Teochew, Peng'im): huam⁶ / huang⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): ve (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ
  - Wade–Giles: fan⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann
  - IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁴, faan⁶
  - Yale: fàahn, faahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴, faan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴, fan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fäːn²¹/, /fäːn²²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huáng
  - IPA ^(key): /huɑŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān
  - Tâi-lô: huān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huam⁶ / huang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huăm / huăng
  - IPA ^(key): /huam³⁵/, /huaŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ve (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /v̻e̞²³/

Middle Chinese: /bɨuŋ/, /bɨɐm^H/▼

Rime
Character	梵	梵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	凡 (146)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	房戎切	扶泛切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuŋ/	/bɨɐm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/biuŋ/	/biɐm^H/
Shao Rongfen	/biuŋ/	/biɐm^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwŋ/	/buam^H/
Li Rong	/biuŋ/	/biɐm^H/
Wang Li	/bĭuŋ/	/bĭwɐm^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uŋ/	/bʱi̯wɐm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	féng	fàn

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*bloms/, /*bum/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梵	梵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2918	2932
Phonetic component	凡	凡
Rime group	談	侵
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	梵	馮
Old Chinese	/*bloms/	/*bum/
Notes		見漢碑

Definitions

梵

^† lush; luxuriant
(religion) Brahman; the ultimate reality in the universe (concept in Hinduism)
(figuratively) quiet; peaceful; undisturbed
of or pertaining to Buddhism; Buddhist
of or pertaining to ancient India or the Sanskrit language; Indian
(Buddhism) to chant sutras; to recite sutras
(Buddhism) sound of sutra chanting
A surname.

Compounds

大梵天
梵剎／梵刹
梵唄／梵呗 (fànbài)
梵啞鈴／梵哑铃
梵天 (Fàntiān)
梵學／梵学
梵宇 (fànyǔ)

梵教
梵文 (fànwén)
梵書／梵书
梵本 (fànběn)
梵王宮／梵王宫
梵眾／梵众
梵筴／梵䇲

梵蒂岡／梵蒂冈 (Fàndìgāng)
梵語／梵语 (fànyǔ, “Sanskrit”)
梵譯／梵译 (fànyì)
梵音 (fànyīn)
琳宮梵宇／琳宫梵宇
華梵大學／华梵大学
薄伽梵

Japanese

Kanji

梵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ぼん (bon)
Kan-on: はん (han)

Compounds

釈梵 (しゃくぼん) (shakubon)
薄 (ば)伽 (が)梵 (ぼん) (bagabon), 婆 (ば)伽 (が)梵 (ぼん) (bagabon)
梵 (ぼ)論 (ろ) (boro)
梵 (ぼ)論 (ろん)字 (じ) (boronji)
梵 (ぼん)王 (おう) (bon'ō)
梵 (ぼん)音 (おん) (bon'on)
梵我一如 (ぼんごいちにょ) (bongoichinyo)
梵学 (ぼんがく) (bongaku)
梵 (ぼん)行 (ぎょう) (bongyō)
梵 (ぼん)宮 (ぐう) (bongū)
梵 (ぼん)語 (ご) (bongo): Sanskrit
梵妻 (ぼんさい) (bonsai): Buddhist priest's wife
梵刹 (ぼんさつ) (bonsatsu), 梵刹 (ぼんせつ) (bonsetsu): temple
梵 (ぼん)讃 (さん) (bonsan)
梵 (ぼん)志 (し) (bonshi)
梵 (ぼん)字 (じ) (bonji)
梵 (ぼん)書 (しょ) (bonsho)
梵 (ぼん)鐘 (しょう) (bonshō)
梵 (ぼん)砌 (ぜい) (bonzei)
梵 (ぼん)僧 (そう) (bonsō)
梵 (ぼん)天 (てん) (bonten)
梵唄 (ぼんばい) (bonbai)
梵 (ぼん)文 (ぶん) (bonbun): Sanskrit text
梵 (ぼん)網 (もう)経 (きょう) (bonmōkyō)
梵 (ぼん)卵 (らん) (bonran): world egg

Kanji in this term
梵
ぼん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) ぼん [bóꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- (Tokyo) ぼん [bòń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [bõ̞ɴ]

Noun

梵 (hiragana ぼん, rōmaji bon)

Abbreviation of 梵語.

References

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

Korean

Hanja

梵 • (beom) (hangeul 범, revised beom, McCune–Reischauer pŏm, Yale pem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梵 (phạn)

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN