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袈裟

袈裟

Chinese

		Buddhist monk's robe	Buddhist monk's robe
simp. and trad. (袈裟)		袈	裟

Noun

袈裟

kāṣāya

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (袈裟):

Japanese: 袈 (け)裟 (さ) ‎(kesa)
Korean: 가사 (袈裟, gasa)
Vietnamese: cà sa ‎(袈裟)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
袈	裟
け Jinmeiyō	さ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 袈裟

Pronunciation

On'yomi
(Tokyo) けさ [kèsáꜜ] (Odaka - [2])
(Tokyo) けさ [kèsá] (Heiban - [0])
IPA^(key): [ke̞sa̠]

Noun

袈裟 ‎(hiragana けさ, romaji kesa)

a kāṣāya

Korean

Hanja in this term
袈	裟

Noun

袈裟 • ‎(gasa, McCune-Reischauer: kasa, Yale: kasa) ‎(hangeul 가사)

Hanja form^? of 가사, “kāṣāya”.

Etymology

From Sanskrit काषाय ‎(kāṣāya)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiāshā

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ saa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-sâ
Min Dong (BUC): gă-să
Min Nan (POJ): ka-se
Wu (Wiktionary): ka so (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: jiāshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiasha
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ ʂa̠⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ saa¹
  - Yale: gā sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ saa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑː⁵⁵ sɑː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-sâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga´ sa´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ sa¹
  - IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ sa²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gă-să
  - IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁵ ^(s-)la⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-se
  - Tâi-lô: ka-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kasef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ se³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ka so (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /kᴀ⁵⁵ so²¹/

Middle Chinese: /kˠa ʃˠa/▼

Rime
Character	袈	裟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古牙切	所加切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/	/ʃˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/	/ʃᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/	/ʃa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/	/ʂaɨ/
Li Rong	/ka/	/ʃa/
Wang Li	/ka/	/ʃa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ka/	/ʂa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	shā