善根

Chinese

		good	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (善根)		善	根
simp. ^#(善根)		善	根

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit कुशलमूल (kuśalamūla, literally “roots of good”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngēn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄍㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄍㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngen
  - Wade–Giles: shan⁴-kên¹
  - Yale: shàn-gēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanngen
  - Palladius: шаньгэнь (šanʹgɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/

Proper noun

善根

(Buddhism) positive meritorious deeds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (善根):

→ Japanese: 善根(ぜんこん) (zenkon)
→ Korean: 선근(善根) (seon'geun)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “善根” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].