Translingual

Han character

剎 (radical 18 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大金中弓 (KCLN) or 大木中弓 (KDLN), four-corner 4290₀, composition ⿰𣏂刂)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 140, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2012
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 342, character 5
• Unihan data for U+524E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰraːd) : phonetic 殺 ‎(OC *sreːds, *sreːd) + semantic 刂.

Etymology 1

Transcription of the kṣV (क्ष) sequence in various Sanskrit words, including:

• Sanskrit क्षेत्र ‎(kṣetra, “land; place of pilgrimage”) (剎多羅)
• Sanskrit क्षण ‎(kṣaṇa, “instant”) (剎那)
• Sanskrit क्षेम ‎(kṣema, “residence”) (剎摩)
• Sanskrit क्षत्रिय ‎(kṣatriya, “warrior caste”) (剎怛利耶, 剎帝利, 剎利)

Pronunciation

Definitions

剎

1. (剎多羅)
   1. (Buddhism) land; world; place; area
   2. (Buddhism) place of pilgrimage; kshetra; Buddhist temple; Buddhist monastery; pagoda

      古剎 / 古刹  ―  gǔchà  ―  old Buddhist temple

2. (剎那)
   1. (Buddhism) instant; moment; impermanence
   2. (by extension) brief moment; short moment
      • 你我在回望那一剎　彼此慰問境況 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
        你我在回望那一刹　彼此慰问境况 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
        From: 陳慧嫻 (lyricist 簡寧), 人生何處不相逢

        nei⁵ ngo⁵ zoi⁶ wui⁴ mong⁶ naa⁵ jat¹saat³; bei² ci² wai³ man⁶ ging² fong³ [Jyutping]

        The moment we both turned back
        Exchanged glances and checked up on each other

      • 懷念那一剎　耀眼的火花 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
        怀念那一刹　耀眼的火花 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
        From: 李克勤 (lyricist 陳少琪), 飛花

        waai⁴ nim⁶ naa⁵ jat¹saat³; jiu⁶ ngaan⁵ dik¹ fo² faa¹ [Jyutping]

        Missing that instant
        The dazzling spark

See also

• (brief moment): 刻 (kè)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

剎

1. to brake (a car); to stop a car

   剎車 / 刹车  ―  shāchē  ―  to brake a car

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: さつ (satsu), せち (sechi)
• Kun: はたばしら (hatabashira), てら (tera), くに (kuni)

Korean

Hanja

剎 • ‎(chal) (hangeul 찰, revised chal, McCune-Reischauer ch'al, Yale chal)

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