舌根

Chinese

		tongue	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (舌根)		舌	根
simp. #(舌根)		舌	根

Etymology

The Buddhism sense is a translation of Sanskrit जिह्वेन्द्रिय (jihvendriya, “tongue faculty”). The Tibetan equivalent is ལྕེའི་དབང་པོ (lce'i dbang po).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shégēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit⁶ gan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍h-kun / chi̍h-kin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shégēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shégen
    • Wade–Giles: shê²-kên¹
    • Yale: shé-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shergen
    • Palladius: шэгэнь (šɛgɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ kən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shégēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄍㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shégenr
    • Wade–Giles: shê²-kên¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: shé-gēnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shergel
    • Palladius: шэгэньр (šɛgɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ kəɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sit⁶ gan¹
    • Yale: siht gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁹ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid⁶ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚² kɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍h-kun
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍h-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciqkwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍h-kin
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍h-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciqkyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kin⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: zyet kon

Rime
Character	舌	根
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	食列切	古痕切
Baxter	zyet	kon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiᴇt̚/	/kən/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑiɛt̚/	/kən/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjæt̚/	/kən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiat̚/	/kən/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiɛt̚/	/kən/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭɛt̚/	/kən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯ɛt̚/	/kən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shé	gēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sit6	gan1

Noun

舌根

1. (anatomy) root of the tongue; back of the tongue
2. (Buddhism) “tongue or taste faculty”, one of the six sensory faculties

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 舌根 (“root of the tongue; back of the tongue”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舌根
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	舌根
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	舌頭根子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	舌頭根兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	舌根
Northern Min	Jian'ou	舌⿰木𡿺
Central Min	Yong'an	舌頭

Derived terms

• 咬舌根
• 嚼舌根
• 墊舌根／垫舌根
• 擢舌根
• 混嚼舌根
• 舌根音
• 舌根鼻音

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (舌根):

• → Japanese: 舌根(ぜっこん) (zekkon)
• → Korean: 설근(舌根) (seolgeun)
• → Vietnamese: thiệt căn (舌根)