須彌

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (須彌)		須	彌
simp. (须弥)		须	弥

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit सुमेरु (sumeru).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xūmí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄇㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xūmí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syumí
    • Wade–Giles: Hsü¹-mi²
    • Yale: Syū-mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiumi
    • Palladius: Сюйми (Sjujmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ mi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sju mjie

Rime
Character	須	彌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	相俞切	武移切
Baxter	sju	mjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨo/	/miᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/sio/	/miɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/sio/	/mjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suə̆/	/miə̆/
Li Rong	/sio/	/mie/
Wang Li	/sĭu/	/mǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯u/	/mie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1	mei4

Proper noun

須彌

1. (Buddhism) Sumeru (a central mountain for a world-system in Buddhist cosmology)

   Synonyms: 須彌山／须弥山 (Xūmíshān), 妙光山

   • 須彌雖高廣，終歸於消磨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     须弥虽高广，终归于消磨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 大般涅槃經

     Xūmí suī gāo guǎng, zhōng guīyú xiāomó. [Pinyin]

     Though Sumeru is tall and broad, it shall be worn away in the end.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (須彌):

• → Japanese: 須(しゅ)彌(み) (shumi)
• → Korean: 수미(須彌) (sumi)
• → Vietnamese: Tu-di (須彌)