恆河沙

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Chinese

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Ganges River
granule; hoarse; raspy
granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
 
trad. (恆河沙) 恆河
simp. (恒河沙) 恒河
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Etymology

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Calque of Sanskrit गंगानदी वालुका (gaṃgānadī vālukā, sand of the Ganges River).

The current usage as the number 1052 was re-imported from the Japanese usage which first fixed by the Jinkōki (塵劫記), 1634.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/2
Initial () (33) (33) (21)
Final () (129) (94) (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I I II
Fanqie
Baxter hong ha srae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦəŋ/ /ɦɑ/ /ʃˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦəŋ/ /ɦɑ/ /ʃᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣəŋ/ /ɣɑ/ /ʃa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦəŋ/ /ɦa/ /ʂaɨ/
Li
Rong
/ɣəŋ/ /ɣɑ/ /ʃa/
Wang
Li
/ɣəŋ/ /ɣɑ/ /ʃa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣəŋ/ /ɣɑ/ /ʂa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
héng shā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hang4 ho4 saa1

Noun

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恆河沙

  1. (etymology, Buddhism) countless number like the total of the grains of sand on the Ganges
    Synonyms: 恆河沙數恒河沙数 (hénghéshāshù), 河沙
  2. the number 1052

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (恆河沙):