Chinese

Noun

地獄

1. (religion) ****; underworld; inferno

Antonyms

• 天堂 (tiāntáng)

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 地獄 (/dijH ngjowk/, literally “(under)ground prison”). Compare modern simplified Chinese 地狱 ‎(dìyù, “****”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) じごく​ [jìgókúꜜ] (Odaka - [o])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) じごく [jìgókú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][3]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡ̃o̞kɯᵝ]

Noun

地獄 ‎(hiragana じごく, romaji jigoku, historical hiragana ぢごく)

1. ****, ****: an unpleasant afterworld where the souls of the wicked are punished

   地獄 (じごく)に堕 (お)ちる

   jigoku ni ochiru

   to fall into ****; to go to ****

Compounds

• 地獄道 (じごくどう) ‎(jigokudō): (Buddhism): ****; one of the six planes of existence in the cycle of samsara.

Synonyms

• 奈落 (ならく) ‎(naraku): (Buddhism): ****

Antonyms

• 天国 (てんごく) ‎(tengoku): heaven
• 天上 (てんじょう) ‎(tenjō): heaven
• 浄土 (じょうど) ‎(jōdo): the Pure Land

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Noun

地獄 • ‎(jiok) ‎(hangeul 지옥)

1. Hanja form^? of 지옥, “****”.