舍利弗

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (舍利弗)		舍	利	弗

Etymology

From Sanskrit शारिपुत्र (Śāriputra, “son of Śāri”). Compare Tibetan ཤཱ་རིའི་བུ། (shā ri'i bu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shèlìfú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shèlìfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shèlìfú
  - Wade–Giles: Shê⁴-li⁴-fu²
  - Yale: Shè-lì-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shehlihfwu
  - Palladius: Шэлифу (Šɛlifu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ fu³⁵/

Middle Chinese: syaeH lijH pjut

Rime
Character	舍	利	弗
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	來 (37)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	脂 (15)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	始夜切	力至切	分勿切
Baxter	syaeH	lijH	pjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕia^H/	/liɪ^H/	/pɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕia^H/	/li^H/	/piut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕia^H/	/ljɪ^H/	/piuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕia^H/	/li^H/	/put̚/
Li Rong	/ɕia^H/	/li^H/	/piuət̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭa^H/	/li^H/	/pĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯a^H/	/li^H/	/pi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shè	lì	fu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se³	lei⁶	fat¹

Proper noun

舍利弗

Śāriputra (one of the disciples of Gautama Buddha)

Synonyms

舍利子 (Shèlìzǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (舍利弗):

→ Japanese: 舎(しゃ)利(り)弗(ほつ) (Sharihotsu)
→ Korean: 사리불(舍利弗) (Saribul)
→ Vietnamese: Xá-lợi-phất (舍利弗)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舍	利	弗
しゃ Hyōgai	り Grade: 4	ほつ Hyōgai
on'yomi		irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 舍利弗 – see the following entry.

【舎利弗しゃりほつ】

[proper noun] (Buddhism) Śāriputra, one of the disciples of Gautama Buddha

(This term, 舍利弗, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)