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涅槃

涅槃

Chinese

		blacken	big; wooden tray
simp. and trad. (涅槃)		涅	槃

Noun

涅槃

(Buddhism) nirvana

Synonyms

圓寂／圆寂
寂滅／寂灭
果果 (guǒguǒ)
(abbreviation) 涅 (niè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (涅槃):

Japanese: 涅槃 (ねはん) ‎(nehan)
Korean: 열반 (涅槃, yeolban)
Vietnamese: niết bàn ‎(涅槃)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
涅	槃
ね Hyōgaiji	はん Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi
(Tokyo) ねはん [nèháń] (Heiban - [0])
(Tokyo) ねはん [néꜜhàǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])
(Tokyo) ねはん [nèháꜜǹ] (Nakadaka - [2])
IPA^(key): [ne̞hã̠ɴ]

Noun

涅槃 ‎(hiragana ねはん, romaji nehan)

(Buddhism) nirvana

Etymology

From Sanskrit निर्वाण ‎(nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”) or Pali nibbāna.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nièpán

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄆㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nip⁶ pun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): net-phàn
Min Nan (POJ): lia̍t-phoân / liap-phoân / lia̍p-phoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nièpán
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄆㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niehpanr
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹ pʰa̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nip⁶ pun⁴
  - Yale: nihp pùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nip⁹ pun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /niːp̚² pʰuːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: net-phàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ned` panˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ned⁵ pan²
  - IPA: /net̚² pʰan¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t-phoân
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍t-phuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liadphoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛt̚⁴⁻²¹ pʰuan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liap-phoân
  - Tâi-lô: liap-phuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liapphoaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /liap̚³²⁻⁴ pʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liap̚³²⁻⁴ pʰuan²³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍p-phoân
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍p-phuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liabphoaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /liap̚⁴⁻³² pʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liap̚⁴⁻³² pʰuan²³/

Middle Chinese: /net̚ buɑn/▼

Rime
Character	涅	槃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	奴結切	薄官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/net̚/	/buɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/net̚/	/bʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛt̚/	/buɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛt̚/	/bwan/
Li Rong	/net̚/	/buɑn/
Wang Li	/niet̚/	/buɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/niet̚/	/bʱuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niè	pán