三藏

Chinese

		three	storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate
trad. (三藏)		三	藏
simp. ^#(三藏)		三	藏

Etymology

Calque of Pali tipiṭaka, from ti (“three”) +‎ piṭaka (“basket, collection of canons”), and Sanskrit त्रिपिटक (tripiṭaka), from त्रि (tri) +‎ पिटक (piṭaka).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānzàng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄗㄤˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-chōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānzàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄗㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanzàng
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-tsang⁴
  - Yale: sān-dzàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santzanq
  - Palladius: саньцзан (sanʹczan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-chōng
  - Tâi-lô: sam-tsōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samzong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: sam dzangH

Rime
Character	三	藏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	蘇甘切	徂浪切
Baxter	sam	dzangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/d͡zɑŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/d͡zɑŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/d͡zɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/d͡zaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/d͡zɑŋ^H/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/d͡zɑŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/d͡zʱɑŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	zàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam¹	zong⁶

Noun

三藏

(Buddhism) the Tripitaka
(honorific) Alternative name for 玄奘 (Xuánzàng).

Synonyms

三篋／三箧 (sān qiè)

Hyponyms

經藏／经藏 (jīngzàng)
律藏
論藏／论藏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	藏
さん Grade: 1	ぞう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sã̠nd͡zo̞ː]

Noun

三(さん)藏(ぞう) • (sanzō)

Kyūjitai form of 三蔵 (“Tripitaka”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
三	藏

Noun

三藏 • (samjang) (hangeul 삼장)

hanja form^? of 삼장 (“Tripitaka”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
三	藏

Noun

三藏

chữ Hán form of tam tạng (“Tripitaka”)