法喜

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
simp. and trad. (法喜)		法	喜
Literally: “Dharma joy”.

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मप्रीति (dharmaprīti), from धर्म (dharma) +‎ प्रीति (prīti).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎxǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄒㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎxǐ [Phonetic: fáxǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎsǐ
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-hsi³
    • Yale: fǎ-syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faashii
    • Palladius: фаси (fasi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: pjop xiX

Rime
Character	法	喜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	乏 (148)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方乏切	虚里切
Baxter	pjop	xiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨɐp̚/	/hɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/piɐp̚/	/hɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/piɐp̚/	/xieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puap̚/	/hɨX/
Li Rong	/piɐp̚/	/xiəX/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐp̚/	/xĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐp̚/	/xiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fa	xǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat3	hei2

Noun

法喜

1. (Buddhism) joy obtained from observing Buddhist moral codes or listening to the dharma