達摩

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (達摩)		達	摩
simp. (达摩)		达	摩
alternative forms		達磨／达磨

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dámó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˊ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daat⁶ mo¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ta̍t-mô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dámó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˊ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dámó
    • Wade–Giles: ta²-mo²
    • Yale: dá-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: darmo
    • Palladius: дамо (damo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daat⁶ mo¹
    • Yale: daaht mō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daat⁹ mo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dad⁶ mo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːt̚² mɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍t-mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ta̍t-môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dadmoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tat̚⁴⁻³² mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tat̚²⁴⁻² mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ mɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tat̚⁴⁻³² mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tat̚⁴⁻³² mɔ̃²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dat ma

Rime
Character	達	摩
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	唐割切	莫婆切
Baxter	dat	ma
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑt̚/	/muɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑt̚/	/muɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑt̚/	/muɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dat̚/	/mwa/
Li Rong	/dɑt̚/	/muɑ/
Wang Li	/dɑt̚/	/muɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑt̚/	/muɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dá	mó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daat6	mo4

Proper noun

達摩

1. (historical) Short for 菩提達摩／菩提达摩 (Pútídámó, “Bodhidharma (founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism)”).

Noun

達摩

1. (Buddhism) dharma (teachings of the Buddha)

   Synonym: 法

2. “dharma roll” (hollow and round traditional Japanese doll)

Derived terms

• 達摩衣 / 达摩衣 (dámóyī)