空即是色

See also: 空卽是色

Chinese

 
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
namely; right away; to approach; to draw near
 be; yes; this
 
color; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad.
(空即是色)		 空 即 是 色

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 空 即 是 色
Reading # 1/2 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 精 (13) 常 (25) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 職 (134) 支 (11) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division (等) I III III III
Fanqie 苦紅切 子力切 承紙切 所力切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰuŋ/ /t͡sɨk̚/ /d͡ʑiᴇX/ /ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰuŋ/ /t͡sɨk̚/ /d͡ʑiɛX/ /ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰuŋ/ /t͡siek̚/ /d͡ʑjɛX/ /ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰəwŋ/ /t͡sik̚/ /d͡ʑiə̆X/ /ʂik̚/
Li
Rong		 /kʰuŋ/ /t͡siək̚/ /ʑieX/ /ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li		 /kʰuŋ/ /t͡sĭək̚/ /ʑǐeX/ /ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰuŋ/ /t͡si̯ək̚/ /ʑie̯X/ /ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kōng ji shì she

Phrase

空即是色

  1. Short for 色即是空，空即是色 (sè jí shì kōng, kōng jí shì sè).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空 即 是 色
くう
Grade: 1		 そく
Grade: S		 ぜ
Grade: S		 しき
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Attested in the Heart Sutra.

From Middle Chinese 空即是色 (MC kʰuŋ t͡sɨk̚ d͡ʑiᴇX ʃɨk̚), itself being Kumārajīva's translation from Sanskrit या शून्यता तद् रूपम् (yā śūnyatā tad rūpam, literally “emptiness is only form”).

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi: Goon
    • (Tokyo) く​うそくぜしき [kúꜜù sòkù zè shìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
    • (Tokyo) くうそ​くぜしき [kùú sóꜜkù zè shìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
    • (Tokyo) くうそくぜ​しき [kùú sókú zéꜜshìkì] (Nakadaka – [5])
    • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝː so̞kɯ̟ᵝ d͡ze̞ ɕikʲi]

Phrase

空即是色 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 空卽是色, hiragana くうそくぜしき, rōmaji kū soku ze shiki)

  1. (Buddhism) fundamental doctrine that all things in this world are empty in essence, and through that existence, all phenomenon is real in form

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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