火宅

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	residence
trad. (火宅)		火	宅
simp. #(火宅)		火	宅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒzhái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒzhái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒjhái
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-chai²
    • Yale: hwǒ-jái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoojair
    • Palladius: хочжай (xočžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

火宅

1. (Buddhism) Desireful world(?)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (火宅):

• → Japanese: 火(か)宅(たく) (kataku)
• → Korean: 화택(火宅) (hwataek)

Further reading

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	宅
か Grade: 1	たく Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠kɯ̟]

Noun

火(か)宅(たく) • (kataku) ^{←くわたく (kwataku)?}

1. (Buddhism) "this world of suffering"

Derived terms

• 火宅無常(かたくむじょう) (katakumujō)