迦膩色伽

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (迦膩色伽)		迦	膩	色	伽
simp. (迦腻色伽)		迦	腻	色	伽
alternative forms		迦膩色迦／迦腻色迦

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कनिष्क (kaniṣka), from Bactrian Κανηϸκι (Kanēški).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiānìsèqié

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄧˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ nei⁶ sik¹ ke⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiānìsèqié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄧˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jianìsècié
    • Wade–Giles: Chia¹-ni⁴-sê⁴-chʻieh²
    • Yale: Jyā-nì-sè-chyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jianihsehchye
    • Palladius: Цзянисэце (Czjanisɛce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ni⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ nei⁶ sik¹ ke⁴
    • Yale: gā neih sīk kèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ nei⁶ sik⁷ ke⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ néi⁶ xig¹ ké⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ nei̯²² sɪk̚⁵ kʰɛː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kae nrijH srik gja

Rime
Character	迦	膩	色	伽
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	娘 (12)	生 (21)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	脂 (17)	職 (134)	戈 (96)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III	III	III
Fanqie	古牙切	女利切	所力切	求迦切
Baxter	kae	nrijH	srik	gja
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/	/ɳˠiɪH/	/ʃɨk̚/	/ɡɨɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/	/ɳᵚiH/	/ʃɨk̚/	/ɡiɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/	/niɪH/	/ʃiek̚/	/ɡiɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/	/ɳjiH/	/ʂik̚/	/gɨa/
Li Rong	/ka/	/njiH/	/ʃiək̚/	/ɡiɑ/
Wang Li	/ka/	/niH/	/ʃĭək̚/	/ɡǐɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ka/	/niH/	/ʂi̯ək̚/	/gi̯ɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	nì	she	qié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa1	nei6	sik1	ke4

Proper noun

迦膩色伽

1. (～王) Kanishka (an emperor of the Kushan dynasty, who reigned from c. 127−150 CE)