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凡夫

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Chinese

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ordinary; every; all
ordinary; every; all; whatever; worldly
 
husband; man
simp. and trad.
(凡夫)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (3) (1)
Final () (146) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjom pju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨɐm/ /pɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/biɐm/ /pio/
Shao
Rongfen
/biɐm/ /pio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buam/ /puə̆/
Li
Rong
/biɐm/ /pio/
Wang
Li
/bĭwɐm/ /pĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯wɐm/ /pi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faan4 fu1

Noun

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凡夫

  1. (literary) ordinary person; mortal person
  2. (Buddhism) unenlightened person

Synonyms

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  • (ordinary person):

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (凡夫):
  • Japanese: (ぼん)() (bonpu)
  • Korean: 범부(凡夫) (beombu)
  • Vietnamese: phàm phu (凡夫)

Further reading

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ぼん
Grade: S
ふ > ぷ
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

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Probably from Middle Chinese 凡夫 (MC bjom pju, literally “ordinary, common; worldly, mortal + man, person, fellow”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぼん)() (bonpu

  1. ordinary person; mortal person
  2. (Buddhism) unenlightened person

Usage notes

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May be found in some dialects or historical contexts with the reading bonbu.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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凡夫 (beombu) (hangeul 범부)

  1. hanja form? of 범부 (ordinary person, mortal person; (Buddhism) an unenlightened person)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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凡夫

  1. chữ Hán form of phàm phu (ordinary person, mortal person; (Buddhism) an unenlightened person).