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彌勒

彌勒

See also: 弥勒

Chinese

		full; to fill	strangle; rein in
trad. (彌勒)		彌	勒
simp. (弥勒)		弥	勒

Proper noun

彌勒

(Buddhism) Maitreya
(～市) Mile (a city in Yunnan Province)

Synonyms

(Maitreya): 彌勒菩薩／弥勒菩萨 (Mílè Púsà)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彌勒):

Japanese: 弥 (み)勒 (ろく) ‎(Miroku)
Korean: 미륵 (彌勒, Mireuk)
Vietnamese: Di Lặc ‎(彌勒)

Others:

Korean: 미러 ‎(Mireo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
彌	勒

Proper noun

彌勒 • ‎(Mireuk, McCune-Reischauer: Mirŭk, Yale: Miluk) ‎(hangeul 미륵)

Hanja form^? of 미륵, “Maitreya”.

Etymology

From Sanskrit मैत्रेय ‎(maitreya).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Mílè

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ lak⁶
Min Dong (BUC): Mì-lĕk
Min Nan (POJ): Mí-le̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Mílè
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mileh
  - IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ lak⁶
  - Yale: mèih lahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ lak⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ lɐk̚²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Mì-lĕk
  - IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ l̃iʔ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mí-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: Mí-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mylek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: /miᴇ lək̚/▼

Rime
Character	彌	勒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	武移切	盧則切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇ/	/lək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛ/	/lək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛ/	/lək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆/	/lək̚/
Li Rong	/mie/	/lək̚/
Wang Li	/mǐe/	/lək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯/	/lək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí	lè