醍醐

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (醍醐)		醍	醐
simp. ^#(醍醐)		醍	醐
alternative forms		𩝊餬䬫餬𨠏醐

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tíhú

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ wu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tíhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tíhú
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi²-hu²
  - Yale: tí-hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyihwu
  - Palladius: тиху (tixu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ xu³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    提壺 / 提壶
    提胡
    醍醐
    鵜鶘 / 鹈鹕
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai⁴ wu⁴
  - Yale: tàih wùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ wu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ wu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ wuː²¹/

Middle Chinese: dej hu

Rime
Character	醍	醐
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	杜奚切	戸吳切
Baxter	dej	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dei/	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/dei/	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛi/	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛj/	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/dei/	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/diei/	/ɣu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱiei/	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tí	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai⁴	wu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*deː ɡaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醍	醐
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	11625	4250
Phonetic component	是	古
Rime group	支	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	嗁	胡
Old Chinese	/*deː/	/*ɡaː/

Noun

醍醐

purified kumiss
- 醍醐，酪之精者也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
  From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE
  Tíhú, lào zhī jīng zhě yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(figurative) clarified butter; ghee
(literary, figurative, Buddhism) the essence of Buddhism
(literary, figurative) good alcohol; fine liquor

Derived terms

如飲醍醐 / 如饮醍醐
醍醐灌頂 / 醍醐灌顶 (tíhúguàndǐng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (醍醐):

→ Japanese: 醍(だい)醐(ご) (daigo)
→ Korean: 제호(醍醐) (jeho)
→ Vietnamese: đề hồ (醍醐)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
醍	醐
だい Jinmeiyō	ご Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 醍醐 (MC dej hu), itself a translation of Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, literally “cream of milk”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいご [dáꜜìgò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [da̠iɡo̞]

Noun

醍(だい)醐(ご) • (daigo)

ghee (type of clarified butter)
(Buddhism) the fifth and last flavor according to the Nirvana Sutra, possibly of ghee or some other kind of butter; believed to be the ultimate truth or the greatest nirvana
Hypernym: 五味 (gomi)

Derived terms

醍(だい)醐(ご)味(み) (daigomi, “flavor of ghee → best taste or part”)

Proper noun

醍(だい)醐(ご) • (Daigo)

a place name
a surname
a unisex given name

Derived terms

醍(だい)醐(ご)街道(かいどう) (Daigo Kaidō)
醍(だい)醐(ご)山(さん) (Daigo-san)
醍(だい)醐(ご)寺(じ) (Daigo-ji)
醍(だい)醐(ご)の五(ご)門跡(もんぜき) (Daigo no Gomonzeki)
醍(だい)醐(ご)の三流(さんりゅう) (Daigo no Sanryū)
醍(だい)醐(ご)の花(はな)見(み) (Daigo no Hanami)
醍(だい)醐(ご)流(りゅう) (Daigo-ryū)

References

^ “醍醐”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN