釋尊

Chinese

		short for 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (“Shakyamuni”)	to honour
trad. (釋尊)		釋	尊
simp. (释尊)		释	尊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shìzūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄗㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ zyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shìzūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shìhzun
    • Wade–Giles: Shih⁴-tsun¹
    • Yale: Shr̀-dzwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyhtzuen
    • Palladius: Шицзунь (Šiczunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ zyun¹
    • Yale: sīk jyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dzyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ jun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syek tswon

Rime
Character	釋	尊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	施隻切	祖昆切
Baxter	syek	tswon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇk̚/	/t͡suən/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛk̚/	/t͡suon/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæk̚/	/t͡suən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajk̚/	/t͡swən/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛk̚/	/t͡suən/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛk̚/	/t͡suən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/t͡suən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	zūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1	zyun1

Proper noun

釋尊

1. (honorific, Buddhism) the honored Shakyamuni (the historical Buddha)

   Synonym: 世尊 (Shìzūn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (釋尊):

• → Japanese: 釈尊(しゃくそん) (shakuson)
• → Korean: 석존(釋尊) (Seokjon)

Korean

Hanja in this term
釋	尊

Proper noun

釋尊 • (Seokjon) (hangeul 석존)

1. hanja form^? of 석존 (“(honorific, Buddhism) the honored Shakyamuni (the historical Buddha)”)