夜摩天

Chinese

			day; sky; heaven
trad. (夜摩天)		夜摩	天
simp. #(夜摩天)		夜摩	天

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit याम (yāma) + Chinese 天 (tiān, “heaven”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yèmótiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yèmótiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yèmótian
    • Wade–Giles: Yeh⁴-mo²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: Yè-mwó-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yehmotian
    • Palladius: Емотянь (Jemotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yaeH ma|maH then

Rime
Character	夜	摩	摩	天
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	明 (4)	明 (4)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I	I	IV
Fanqie	羊謝切	莫婆切	摸卧切	他前切
Baxter	yaeH	ma	maH	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiaH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/jiaH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/iaH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaH/	/mwa/	/mwaH/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/iaH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/jĭaH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/tʰien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯aH/	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè	mó	mò	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je6	mo4	mo6	tin1

Proper noun

夜摩天

1. (Buddhism) Yāma (third of the six heavens in the Realm of Desire).

   Synonyms: 炎摩天, 唱樂天 / 唱乐天, 時分天 / 时分天

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (夜摩天):

• → Japanese: 夜(や)摩(ま)天(てん) (yamaten)
• → Korean: 야마천(夜摩天) (yamacheon)