化身

Chinese

 
to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
 
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad.
(化身)		 化 身

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit निर्माणकाय (nirmāṇakāya, “body of transformations”). Tibetan equivalent is སྤྲུལ་སྐུ (sprul sku).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 化 身
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 麻 (99) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 呼霸切 失人切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hˠuaH/ /ɕiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hʷᵚaH/ /ɕin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xuaH/ /ɕjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hwaɨH/ /ɕin/
Li
Rong		 /xuaH/ /ɕiĕn/
Wang
Li		 /xwaH/ /ɕĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xwaH/ /ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huà shēn

Noun

化身

  1. (Buddhism) avatar; reincarnation
  2. (figuratively) living embodiment; reincarnation; personification
    他是一個現實生活中勇氣的化身。 [MSC, trad.]
    他是一个现实生活中勇气的化身。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì yī ge xiànshí shēnghuó zhōng yǒngqì de huàshēn. [Pinyin]
    He's the living embodiment of bravery.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (化身):
  • Japanese: 化 (け)身 (しん) (keshin)
  • Korean: 화신 (化身, hwasin)
  • Vietnamese: hoá thân (化身)

Verb

化身

  1. to transform into (a living embodiment of)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
化 身
け
Grade: 3		 しん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 化身 (MC hˠuaH ɕiɪn, “transformation + body”), itself a translation of Sanskrit निर्माणकाय (nirmāṇakāya, “body of transformations”).[1]

Very rarely encountered with the reading kashin,[2] using the kan'on reading of ka for the 化 character instead of the usual goon reading of ke. Most resources do not include the kashin reading.[1][3][4][5][6][7]

Pronunciation

  • Very rarely encountered with the reading kashin, which might be considered as proscribed by some.

Noun

化身 (hiragana けしん, rōmaji keshin)

  1. (Buddhism) one of the three trikāya: a physical incarnation of someone, such as Gautama Buddha
  2. (Buddhism, Shinto) a physical manifestation of a Buddha, bodhisattva, kami, or other divine or mystical being
  3. (figuratively) an embodiment or incarnation of something
    • Kurumada, Masami, “戦たたかえ！女神アテナのもとでの巻まき [Fight! Under Athena]”, in Saintセイント星セイ矢ヤ [Saint Seiya], volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 30:
      木 (き)戸 (ど)沙 (さ)織 (おり)が女神 (アテナ)の化 (け)身 (しん)⁉
      Kido Saori ga Atena no keshin⁉
      Saori Kido is an incarnation of Athena⁉
  4. (drama) a ghastly apparition in kabuki or other drama

Verb

化身する (hiragana けしんする, rōmaji keshin suru)

  1. to be incarnated, to be embodied

Conjugation

References

  1. 1 2 1984, 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan., relevant entry here
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  4. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  6. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. ↑ WWWJDIC, relevant entry here

Korean

Hanja in this term
化身

Noun

化身 • (hwasin) (hangeul 화신)

  1. Hanja form? of 화신 (“avatar, incarnation, reincarnation”).
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