菩提

Chinese
phonetic
trad. (菩提) 菩 提
simp. #(菩提) 菩 提

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 菩 提
Reading # 1/4 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I IV
Fanqie 薄胡切 杜奚切
Baxter bu dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /buo/ /dei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /buo/ /dei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /bo/ /dɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bɔ/ /dɛj/
Li
Rong		 /bo/ /dei/
Wang
Li		 /bu/ /diei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱuo/ /dʱiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pú tí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 pou4 tai4

Noun

菩提

  1. (Buddhism) bodhi
地獄不空，誓不成佛；眾生度盡，方證菩提。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
地狱不空，誓不成佛；众生度尽，方证菩提。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra
Dìyù bù kōng, shì bù chéngfó; zhòngshēng dù jìn, fāng zhèng pútí. [Pinyin]
Until the hells are empty, I vow to not attain Buddhahood; only when all living beings are saved, shall I attain enlightenment.
  1. Short for 菩提樹／菩提树 (pútíshù, “bodhi tree”).
  2. Short for 菩提子 (pútízǐ, “bodhi seeds; bodhi beads”).

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (菩提):
  • → Japanese: 菩提(ぼだい) (bodai)
  • → Korean: 보제(菩提) (boje), 보리(菩提) (bori)
  • → Vietnamese: bồ đề (菩提)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
菩 提
ぼ
Jinmeiyō		 だい
Grade: 5
kan’yōon goon
Alternative spelling
𬻋

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 菩提 (MC bu dej), a transliteration of Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi), [1][2][3][4][5] or Pali bodhi.

Pronunciation

Noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (bodai) 

  1. (Buddhism) bodhi:
    1. supreme enlightenment or wisdom
    2. reaching nirvana
    3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    4. (by extension) a Buddhist doctrine
      Synonym: 仏道 (Butsudō)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)院(いん) (bodaīn)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)講(こう) (bodaikō)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)声(ごえ) (bodaigoe)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)薩(さっ)埵(た) (bodai-satta)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)子(し) (bodaishi)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)寺(じ) (bodaiji)
  • 菩(ボ)提(ダイ)樹(ジュ) (bodaiju)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)所(しょ) (bodaisho)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)心(しん) (bodaishin)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)樹(ず) (bodaizu)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)達磨(だるま) (bodaidaruma)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の種(たね) (bodai no tane)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の水(みず) (bodai no mizu)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)の道(みち) (bodai no michi)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)門(もん) (bodaimon)
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)楽(らく) (bodairaku)
  • 阿(あ)耨(のく)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (anoku bodai)
  • 後(ご)生(しょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (goshō bodai)
  • 後(ご)世(せ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (gose bodai)
  • ささ点(てん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sasaten bodai)
  • 三(さん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sanbodai)
  • 三(さん)仏(ぶつ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sanbutsu bodai)
  • 上(じょう)求(ぐ)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (jōgu bodai)
  • 証(しょう)大(だい)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (shōdaibodai)
  • 即(そく)身(しん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (sokushin bodai)
  • 頓(とん)証(しょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (tonshō bodai)
  • 仏(ぶっ)果(か)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (bukka bodai)
  • 煩(ぼん)悩(のう)あれば菩(ぼ)提(だい)あり (bonnō areba bodai ari)
  • 煩(ぼん)悩(のう)即(そく)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (bonnō soku bodai)
  • 無(む)上(じょう)菩(ぼ)提(だい) (mujō bodai)

Idioms
  • 菩(ぼ)提(だい)を弔(とむら)う (bodai o tomurau)
  • 小(しょう)智(ち)は菩(ぼ)提(だい)の妨(さまた)げ (shōchi wa bodai no samatage)

Descendants

See also

Proper noun

菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (Bodai) 

  1. a placename
  2. a surname

Compounds
  • 求菩提(くぼて)山(さん) (Kubote-san)
  • 須菩(しゅぼ)提(だい) (Shubodai), 須菩(すぼ)提(だい) (Subodai)

References
  1. “菩提”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. “菩提”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. “菩提”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  6. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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