舌根

Chinese

		tongue	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (舌根)		舌	根

Etymology

The Buddhism sense is a translation of Sanskrit जिह्वेन्द्रिय (jihvendriya, “tongue faculty”). The Tibetan equivalent is ལྕེའི་དབང་པོ (lce'i dbang po).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shégēn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sit⁶ gan¹
Min Nan (POJ): chi̍h-kun / chi̍h-kin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shégēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄍㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shergen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: shégēnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄍㄣㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shergel
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ kəɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sit⁶ gan¹
  - Yale: siht gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁹ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xid⁶ gen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːt̚² kɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍h-kun
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍h-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciqkwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² kun³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍h-kin
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍h-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciqkyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kin⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʑiᴇt̚ kən/▼

Rime
Character	舌	根
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	食列切	古痕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiᴇt̚/	/kən/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑiɛt̚/	/kən/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjæt̚/	/kən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiat̚/	/kən/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiɛt̚/	/kən/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭɛt̚/	/kən/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯ɛt̚/	/kən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shé	gēn

Noun

舌根

(anatomy) root of the tongue; back of the tongue
(Buddhism) “tongue or taste faculty”, one of the six sensory faculties

Derived terms

咬舌根
嚼舌根
墊舌根／垫舌根

混嚼舌根
舌根音
舌根鼻音

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (舌根):

→ Japanese: 舌 (ぜっ)根 (こん) (zekkon)
→ Korean: 설근 (舌根, seolgeun)
→ Vietnamese: thiệt căn (舌根)

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