菩提

Chinese
phonetic
simp. and trad.
(菩提)		 菩 提

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi).

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 菩 提
Reading # 1/4 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I IV
Fanqie 薄胡切 杜奚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /buo/ /dei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /buo/ /dei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /bo/ /dɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bɔ/ /dɛj/
Li
Rong		 /bo/ /dei/
Wang
Li		 /bu/ /diei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱuo/ /dʱiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pú tí

Noun

菩提

  1. (Buddhism) bodhi, the state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana
  2. Short for 菩提樹／菩提树 (pútíshù, “bodhi tree”).
  3. Short for 菩提子 (pútízǐ, “bodhi seeds; bodhi beads”).

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
菩 提
ぼ
Jinmeiyō		 だい
Grade: 5
kan’yōon goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 菩提 (MC buo dei), a transliteration of Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi), [1][2][3][4][5] or Pali bodhi.

Pronunciation

Noun

菩提 (hiragana ぼだい, rōmaji bodai)

  1. (Buddhism) bodhi:
    1. supreme enlightenment or wisdom
    2. reaching nirvana
    3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    4. (by extension) a Buddhist doctrine
      Synonym: 仏道 (Butsudō)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)院 (いん) (bodaiin)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)講 (こう) (bodaikō)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)声 (ごえ) (bodaigoe)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)薩 (さっ)埵 (た) (bodai-satta)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)子 (し) (bodaishi)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)寺 (じ) (bodaiji)
  • 菩 (ボ)提 (ダイ)樹 (ジュ) (bodaiju)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)所 (しょ) (bodaisho)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)心 (しん) (bodaishin)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)樹 (ず) (bodaizu)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)達磨 (だるま) (bodaidaruma)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)の種 (たね) (bodai no tane)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)の水 (みず) (bodai no mizu)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)の道 (みち) (bodai no michi)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)門 (もん) (bodaimon)
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)楽 (らく) (bodairaku)
  • 阿 (あ)耨 (のく)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (anoku bodai)
  • 後 (ご)生 (しょう)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (goshō bodai)
  • 後 (ご)世 (せ)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (gose bodai)
  • ささ点 (てん)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (sasaten bodai)
  • 三 (さん)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (sanbodai)
  • 三 (さん)仏 (ぶつ)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (sanbutsu bodai)
  • 上 (じょう)求 (ぐ)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (jōgu bodai)
  • 証 (しょう)大 (だい)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (shōdaibodai)
  • 即 (そく)身 (しん)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (sokushin bodai)
  • 頓 (とん)証 (しょう)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (tonshō bodai)
  • 仏 (ぶっ)果 (か)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (bukka bodai)
  • 煩 (ぼん)悩 (のう)あれば菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)あり (bonnō areba bodai ari)
  • 煩 (ぼん)悩 (のう)即 (そく)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (bonnō soku bodai)
  • 無 (む)上 (じょう)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (mujō bodai)

Idioms
  • 菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)を弔 (とむら)う (bodai o tomurau)
  • 小 (しょう)智 (ち)は菩 (ぼ)提 (だい)の妨 (さまた)げ (shōchi wa bodai no samatage)

Descendants

See also

Proper noun

菩提 (hiragana ぼだい, rōmaji Bodai)

  1. a placename
  2. a surname

Compounds
  • 求 (く)菩 (ぼ)提 (て)山 (さん) (Kubote-san)
  • 須 (しゅ)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (Shubodai), 須 (す)菩 (ぼ)提 (だい) (Subodai)

References
  1. “菩提”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. “菩提”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainiban, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. “菩提”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  6. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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