阿僧祇

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿僧祇)		阿	僧	祇

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit असंख्येय (asaṃkhyeya, “innumerable”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āsēngqí

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄙㄥㄑㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: āsēngqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄙㄥㄑㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: asengchyi
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀa̠⁵⁵ sɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ʔɑ səŋ ɡiᴇ/▼

Rime
Character	阿	僧	祇
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	心 (16)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	登 (129)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	烏何切	蘇增切	巨支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/səŋ/	/ɡiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/səŋ/	/ɡiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/səŋ/	/ɡjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/səŋ/	/giə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/səŋ/	/ɡie/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/səŋ/	/ɡǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/səŋ/	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	sēng	qí

Adjective

阿僧祇

(Buddhism) innumerable; immeasurable

Synonyms

(short form) 僧祇 (sēngqí)

Derived terms

阿僧祇劫

Noun

阿僧祇

(Buddhism) asaṃkhyeya, the number 10⁵⁶ or 10^7×2¹⁰³

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	僧	祇
あ Jinmeiyō	そう Grade: S	ぎ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

阿僧祇 (hiragana あそうぎ, rōmaji asōgi)

In the traditional Japanese number system, 10⁵⁶ or one hundred septendecillion of the American system.

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