我執

Chinese

		I; me	execute (a plan); grasp
trad. (我執)		我	執
simp. (我执)		我	执

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit आत्मग्राह (ātmagrāha).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǒzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄓˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǒzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: wo³-chih²
    • Yale: wǒ-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woojyr
    • Palladius: вочжи (vočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaX tsyip

Rime
Character	我	執
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	五可切	之入切
Baxter	ngaX	tsyip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑX/	/t͡ɕiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑX/	/t͡ɕip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑX/	/t͡ɕjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaX/	/cip̚/
Li Rong	/ŋɑX/	/t͡ɕiəp̚/
Wang Li	/ŋɑX/	/t͡ɕĭĕp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑX/	/t͡ɕi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ě	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo5	zap1

Noun

我執

1. (Buddhism) the belief that the ego exists, in opposition to the Buddhist concept of anattā or non-self

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (我執):

• → Japanese: 我(が)執(しゅう) (gashū)
• → Korean: 아집(我執) (ajip)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “我執” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
我	執
が Grade: 6	しゅう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がしゅう [gàshúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ɕɨː]

Noun

我(が)執(しゅう) • (gashū) ^{←がしふ (gasifu)?}

1. (Buddhism) the belief that the ego exists, in opposition to the Buddhist concept of anattā or non-self
2. (derogatory) egotistic stubbornness, obsession that only one's own ideas are correct

Korean

Hanja in this term
我	執

Noun

我執 • (ajip) (hangeul 아집)

1. hanja form^? of 아집